Who's trolling? America's poor are pretty well off, all things considered.
No, they're not. You're completely misunderstanding both the system and the trend of policy if you believe that sort of nonsense.
In the first place, poverty only has meaning relative to one's owner - it doesn't matter if you make $1000/month in a place where subsistence costs $1500, or $200 in a place where subsistence costs $200 - in either case you are desperate, miserable, and exploited. What matters is your relative poverty compared to those who control your life (the wealthy).
In the second place, the whole meaning of neo-liberal policy is to make sure that the Western working class is laid low - brought down to the lowest common denominator of Bangladeshi-style wages.
