Reality Check
by Kevin D. Matthews on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 6:52am ยท
Two of my friends posted the following:
In America – The Homeless go without eating.
In America – The Elderly go without needed medicines.
In America – The Mentally ill go without treatment.
In America – Our Troops go without proper equipment.
In America – Our Veterans go without benefits they were promised.
Yet we donate billions to other countries before helping our own first.
Have the guts to re-post this. 1% will re-post, 99% won’t In America -
Let me be clear, I have the guts to re-post this but I can’t. It is basically not true. Yes, it pulls at the heart strings, but no one wants to starve the homeless or small children.
We clearly need to stop sending billions of $$$$$$$ on other countries.
Here is my question, are the statements posted above true? Kind of, but not really. Yes, there are issues with the homeless and elderly. There are all kinds of issues and we need to deal with them all.
Poverty in our Country:
-the poorest of the poor in our country, live better then most of the world…
-we are the only country where the poor have a weight problem…
-our poor have cell phones…
-our poor have cable tv, not to mention most have several tv’s…
- no one is denied health care in this country… is it affordable, not really…. there are issues but that is another ball of wax
- I have seen $200 cars driven by poor folks with thousands of $$$$$ worth of wheels on them…
- there are some folks around here, that get paid, and there 1st stop is to get the booze, even if the kids need food…
- a lot of poor folks, have money for cigarettes but not food.
-medical care is available for everyone, it may not be what you want but there is medical care out there.
This poor-homeless guy can't afford food but he has a nice phone....
etc…..
