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		jpindar on Nov 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The U.S. Isn’t Prepared for the Next Recession It's so strange how people think the main thing wrong with poverty is lack of material goods or entertainment.

moduspol on Nov 1, 2017 [–]

Nobody said that.

jpindar on Nov 1, 2017 | [–]

Maybe you didn't. But I see people assuming that all the time, talking about how the poor don't have it so bad now that they can afford phones etc.

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