Reply #17: No one chooses poverty, except for a good reason [View All]

[zalinda]

There are vocations in which a vow of poverty is required. Still those people have roofs over their heads and food in their bellies. So, it really isn't poverty. Are there people who don't want to work, yes, but they are really such a small group that it doesn't count. And, you have to wonder if crooks would really go in that category.

What you should read is "Nickeled and Dimed" Here's an article about it and the author http://outlook.collegepublisher.com/media/paper171/news/2003/03/11/News/Author.Recounts.Being.nickeled.And.Dimed-390706.shtml

The vast amount of poor people work minimum wage or lower wage jobs. When I made $6 an hour, I took home $187 a week, that's $748 a month. Could your fundie family live on that? For a poor person, there is no planning for the future, since you are dealing with always making sure you have a roof over your head. And, it is doubly worse if you don't have some sort of support system, or add a child into the mix. Your fundie family doesn't realize that those invisible people who clean up after the messes made by the middle class and wealthy, are usually the poor. Who do you think cleans the restrooms, offices, hotel rooms or department stores?

zalinda