America's poor are 'envy of the world,' says richest Congressman
Source: CNN
Darrell Issa, the richest man in Congress, said America has made "our poor somewhat the envy of the world."
Asked by CNNMoney whether he feels personally responsible to address income inequality in the United States, the Republican Congressman from California said "absolutely." But he noted that America is the richest country on earth and implied that those in poverty here are better off than the poor in other nations.
"If you go to India or you go to any number of other Third World countries, you have two problems: You have greater inequality of income and wealth. You also have less opportunity for people to rise from the have not to the have," said Issa. In the U.S., he noted there is better availability and access to quality public education.
Issa's personal wealth is by far the greatest of any congress member. His net worth in 2013 was $448.4 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, and stems from a car alarm business he built.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/07/news/economy/issa-poor/index.html
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if you're not living in a thatch hut with a dirt floor and no running water or electricity and your children are not dieing of starvation then you're not really poor
An embarrassment to California if ever there was one. And we have some doozies to our "credit" - including nixon, reagan, and that marvelous Proposition 13.
the food that poor Americans can't afford is so much BETTER than the food poor people in other countries can't afford.
Hehee. 
He's already got first class accommodations to that destination. 
to be true.....
Doubt it was from doubled viper revenue.
And this remark sure reminds me of Mitt's enthusiasm about slave factories in Asia ( "the fence was to keep them from
getting IN!" There is really something deeply wrong with their brains (morals, values, sense of human decency, humanity....)
Could a lying thief get wealthy selling anti-theft hardware - AND...complain about how he's being screwed by those who can't even afford a car!
Who knew grand theft auto paid so well? 
it has to be
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During the Great Ohio River Flood of 1937, men and women in Louisville, Kentucky, line up seeking food and clothing from a relief station, in front of a billboard proclaiming, "World's Highest Standard of Living."
For information on this photograph: Behind the Picture: ‘The American Way’ and the Flood of ’37
I have never seen that before on any internet news or discussion site. You are too well educated for DU. Dumb yourself down immediately! 
Saint Lazarus
Only in America can you make a ton of money from setting your own building on fire
stealing cars and burning down bldgs. Now he's worth $1/2 billion? Wow. 
