Quote Originally Posted by steelish View Post
Well, it depends on how you define "poor". Is someone who is poor a person who is poverty-stricken? Or is someone who is "poor" a person who is unhappy with their lot in life? Some people measure their worth by their possessions, some measure it by their happiness, others measure it by their wage. Everyone views it differently.
To discuss the issue we have to have a common definition. I would suggest that a person unhappy is just that not poor.
Growing up I understood my family to be poor. We had no air, one phone, no car, one old TV, had to work to help pay for school. Yet I know find that the families income was a little over 2.5x the average. My dad alone brought home $180 every two weeks!