Please just don't.
Darrell Issa, the richest man in Congress, said America has made "our poor somewhat the envy of the world."
I promise I will give you cash money to just shut up and not say anything about "our poor" ever again.
Asked by CNNMoney whether he feels personally responsible to address income inequality in the United States, the Republican Congressman from California said "absolutely." But he noted that America is the richest country on earth and implied that those in poverty here are better off than the poor in other nations.
Oh my God. Why won't you stop? Don't you have a Benghazi hearing to go to or something?
"If you go to India or you go to any number of other Third World countries, you have two problems: You have greater inequality of income and wealth. You also have less opportunity for people to rise from the have not to the have," said Issa. In the U.S., he noted there is better availability and access to quality public education.
That is just super. Compared to the Indian caste system and assorted "other Third World countries," (cc: India, have fun with that), we're pretty great guys! Maybe not if you compared us to those nations that allow their citizens to go to college without having a boat anchor of debt wrapped around their necks, or those nations that allow "universal" medical care even for the really poor poors, but when you compare America to your assorted sampling of "other Third World countries" we come off pretty good.
Issa, as previously mentioned, is the richest member in Congress. When even CNNMoney feels the need to mention that within the first ten words of their piece, you know Mr. Compassion may have really stepped in it this time.