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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
My wife works at a CVS in a very low-income area of town. It is utterly amazing how much these "poor" spend on booze and cigs, and yes, junk food. I remember living in an apartment years ago that was far too expensive for what I was making and even with a roommate we had almost no money left over after rent. It is incredible how cheaply someone can eat when they have to. A jar of peanut butter for a couple of bucks and 5 loaves of bread from the grocery store bakery and I was set for a week. That doesn't mean I didn't get VERY sick of peanut butter, but I never went hungry. I was not entitled to eat a restaurant every day like those evil rich who can afford to.
It was subsequently the consumption/spending of those evil rich which now provide me with the job I have today, as the IT guy for a private school.
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Not all poor people have complicated their poverty with booze and cigarettes. In fact, it's an unnecessary characterization of the poor.
I'm a supporter of orgs that help educate the poor on healthy choices, btw. Health is too far-off an idea to think about for many of them. Most definitely addictions contribute, and are causal to poverty as well. But they aren't the reason they are impoverished.
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