Headline "You Are Poor"

Poor means a lot of things.  By definition poor is an adjective that relates to a state of poverty, low quality, or pity.  In my neighborhood I am average. I guess you could say I am living the American Dream.  I have a mortgage, wife, kids, two cars, a dog, and 4 cats.  I would hardly classify myself as poor.  In today's economic turmoil I would still not classify myself as poor.  I have a job that pays the bills and it allows me time to spend with my family and go to school online.  I would hardly consider myself poor.

We think of ourselves as poor when we don't live like a hollywood actor does or own a multi-million dollar corporation.  If you have no job, no cloths, no place to lay your head, no way to buy food then you are considered to be poor.  It sucks that we as Americans are paying higher gas prices, higher food cost, and higher cost on everyday living.  But I am not poor.  Thank you.