On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:33:51 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-10-14 10:52 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:37:58 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2018-10-13 11:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 10/13/2018 9:13 PM, graham wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-10-13 5:21 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Yes, the bottom end of that 78% are struggling but I don't know what
>>>>>> portion that is on the curve. I think the upper end of it is partly
>>>>>> self inflicted.
>>>>> Careful!!! You are beginning to sound like those well-off people who
>>>>> blame the poor for being poor.
>>>>
>>>> No, I'm talking about the people that made a decent wage but don't know
>>>> how to manage it.* I'm broke and have no money for food since I bought
>>>> those $300 sneakers.
>>>
>>> A while back I was helping out at the food bank at my wife's church and
>>> some teen had designer back pack and an iPhone that obviously had a data
>>> plan. If I was so broke that I could not afford to buy food I don't
>>> think I would be blowing the money I did have on luxuries like that.
>>
>> How could you tell it was a designer backpack?`
>
>Really? They tend to be well branded.
>
> > There are data plans
>> for less than $10 per month, certainly cheaper than maintaining a land
>> line. There are places that sell used cell phones for really cheap.
>
>New iPhones? Those cheap data plans have extreme limits on them. They
>are enough to get your email and do couple hours surfing each month.
>

My Tracfone plan costs me $99/year. That's for talk,text, web, gets
me 1300 minutes for each. You can refill minutes any time at many $
levels.
Did you see the story on the news about the white woman shopping in a
grocery store who got hysterical and accused a black boy (9 years old.
accompanied by his much younger sister and his mother) of groping her
ass? She called the police on him? Next day she had to come back and
view video footage of the little boy walking past her and his backpack
brushed against her.
You are like the white women who have been calling the police on these
innocent black men. You are looking for an excuse why someone is bad.
Always checking people out, calling them on cheating, stealing, taking
advantage,. Yet you have no knowledge of the full circumstances.