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Originally Posted by G1911
There's some sarcastic context from earlier, when it was insisted that America's obese are too poor to even afford fast food and that that is not the problem.
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If you are referring to my earlier post, in response to an even earlier one (maybe from you) where I suggested that it was not reasonable to assume that a poor family can consistently eat every meal at McDonalds to feed a family of 3-4, it is quite unreasonable to assume that. Just do the math. Some of the obese ARE too poor to afford fast food from McDonalds except maybe occasionally. Some people of average or below-average weight ARE too poor to afford fast food from McDonalds except maybe occasionally. As an extreme example, consider the "deep poverty” household that is defined by an income that falls below 50% of the poverty guidelines ($13,123 for a family of 4). After paying for other necessities such as shelter and clothing, if they could do so at all, how in the world would one expect them to be able to go to McDonalds on a regular basis? Now work backward and do the calculations for those at the poverty level. Again, you can do the math if you like, assuming a reasonable budget for other necessities and then you can determine how many times per week that a family of 4 can get fast food, even if purchasing from a dollar menu.