It's about priorities. For one, a disperportionate amount of poor people smoke. That eats up alot of money. A while back I used to sell health insurance and you'd be surprised how many people would prioritise cable TV over the necesities. I'm sorry, but noone in America has to be poor. It does in 99.9999% of all cases come down to choices.

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