On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:06:47 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 06/09/2014 1:52 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-09-06 3:41 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>>>>> Notice that the article says: Today **two-thirds** of Americans of all
>>>>> classes are overweight or obese, with higher rates among the poor.
>>>>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...r-food-health/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> many of the poor seem to find a way to buy illegal drugs and
>>>> alcohol. It is
>>>> much easier when the taxpayer picks up their living expenses.
>>>>
>>> Your opinion hasn't been proven to be true via mandated testing of the
>>> poor.
>>
>> Actually, that opinion has been proven. There is a high correlation
>> between poverty and alcohol and drug abuse. For some people, it is a
>> matter of priorities, and they will spend their money getting drunk or
>> stoned rather than spending it on food, clothing and housing.
>>
>>
>JEEEESUS!!! These arguments are >150 years old with the well-off wanting
>to condemn the poor to the slums of the 19th century.
>HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED ANYTHING?

Nope. And they never will.