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Needs vs. Wants – Which Is Which?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A lot of you would classify indoor plumbing, central heat, grocery money and gasoline as ‘needs’ But wait, are they really always needs? Each morning, she pumped the well pump to fill a bucket with water to use for washing hands, drinking and cooking that day. Water was drawn from the well. Absolutely not!

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

That was true for me as well, but I also think that poverty is a very relative concept. Today a poor person in America probably has access to electricity, telephones, food, indoor plumbing, central heat and public transportation. In my Grandparents time, none of the neighbors had electricity, indoor plumbing or central heat.

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