> Most Americans are vanilla enough that they never find themselves outside the american comfort zone
Most Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck (about 60% last I heard).
Most Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck (about 60% last I heard).
It's not like the amount of the cable bill would go very far to pay for things that other civilized nations take for granted, like medical care and education.
"Of course a conservative policy center will tell me that poor people are wasteful and/or lazy."
An excellent way to write off an opinion without consideration. Come back when you have a valid reason to write their numbers off (not that there isn't one, just don't parrot "conservative" or "republican" at me because that puts you in the majority of people who cite the same BS over-generalizations).