Now I know the following statement doesn't apply to all poor folks. (I know - I grew up poor.) But it seems to me a lot of "poor folks" in this country take a lot of public assistance and help from charities, but can somehow still manage to have money for cell phones, tatoos, piercings, and so forth.
Oftentimes, they are "poor" because of their own foolish choices, or because they are just plain lazy.
Poor folks in this country don't really know what it means to be poor.
Indeed. Too much of what’s depicted as “poverty” is the direct consequence of bad decisions. Hard to live well if you won’t at least clean up after yourself and not wantonly damage possessions.