Rick Santorum says poor people in USA are much better off than even the rich were 50 years ago. Well, we do have a lot more technology than 50 years ago. Smart phones, the Internet and more channels on TV, but housing, healthcare and education is less affordable. Also poor people still live in the shadow of the wealthy and the gap between rich and poor is far wider and in some ways more demoralizing.
Also he says the comforts of the poor, such as having smart phones, is part of America's great dynamism. Increasingly technological wonder can not be attributed to American greatness. It is a worldwide economy now and technological progress is increasingly coming from other parts of the world even though Americans can still use it.
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