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Episode 215: Nothing but Urban Legends

Words & Numbers

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Is There a Difference Between the Poor and the Rich?

CNN's John Sutter asks: What fraction of U.S. households have no leaking roof? How many have no problem with pests, rats, this kind of thing? No problems? Over 90%, he says. It's not like they're living in Calcutta on the streets,. There's your difference poverty in America to anyone in Africa would have no meaning whatsoever. "These people only have air conditioning. These people only have three days worth of food on hand"

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