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My wife tried to donate some older work clothes that were too big for her that she wore many years a go. It was rejected because it appeared to be out of style.

No in america, beggars have cell phones. The other day I even saw a homeless guy watching netflix on a laptop (he was homeless not part of occupy wall street, I have seen him a few month prior).

. The following are facts about persons defined as “poor” by the Census Bureau:
 •80 percent of poor households have air conditioning
 •Nearly three-fourths have a car or truck, and 31 percent have two or more cars or trucks
 •Nearly two-thirds have cable or satellite television
 •Two-thirds have at least one DVD player and 70 percent have a VCR
 •Half have a personal computer, and one in seven have two or more computers
 •More than half of poor families with children have a video game system, such as an Xbox or PlayStation
 •43 percent have Internet access
 •One-third have a wide-screen plasma or LCD television
 •One-fourth have a digital video recorder system, such as a TiVo

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Nothing I have ever donated has been rejected. I'm not sure what charity she was donating to.

I've seen those statistics before.. Let's break it down:
- Although many people have been poor for decades, some are the "new" poor. They had a decent job that allowed them to buy a car and tv, dvd player, computer, etc. Then they lost that job. They still need a car to attempt to find work.  And really? What do you want them to do with all the goods they owned? Sell them?  They've probably already pawned a lot of things. I know I did when I was a broke college kid. But usually they'll keep a few decent things, because its not like they can afford to go to the movies.

I've also donated a lot of tv and VCRs. They can get these for a couple bucks at goodwill or Salvation Army.[/quote]

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