For a while, mainstream/right wing news especially told voters that many people under the poverty line couldn’t be that badly off since such and such a percent of them had basic conveniences in their living places, like fridges, dishwasher, etc. It was one of those 90s strategies to create resentment against public programs.
This reference will never not make my blood boil. Fuck Fox ”news”.
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For a while, mainstream/right wing news especially told voters that many people under the poverty line couldn’t be that badly off since such and such a percent of them had basic conveniences in their living places, like fridges, dishwasher, etc. It was one of those 90s strategies to create resentment against public programs.