pobreza nos eua

PA tem toda a razão quando afirma que nunca conseguirei convencer alguém, em Portugal, de que não há pobreza significativa nos EUA. Mesmo assim, aqui fica mais um estudo sobre o assunto, da Heritage. Segundo este think-tank, os pobres nos EUA vivem com melhores condições económicas do que a classe média na Europa e no Japão:

Better Off Than Europeans, Japanese

The average "poor" American lives in a larger house or apartment than does the average West European (This is the average West European, not poor West Europeans). Poor Americans eat far more meat, are more likely to own cars and dishwashers, and are more likely to have basic modern amenities such as indoor toilets than is the general West European population.
"Poor" Americans consume three times as much meat each year and are 40 percent more likely to own a car than the average Japanese. And the average Japanese is 22 times more likely to live without an indoor flush toilet than is a poor American.