How many people really know what it means to be poor? No, not unable to buy your fancy clothes this year, or that second car. Really poor? So poor you have to eat at someone else’s house so you don’t starve, so poor you borrow more money then you’ll ever pay back, can’t even afford simple necessities like shampoo and wear your clothes far beyond their time. Do you know this? Or do you run out of premium coffee and think the world is going to end? I’m not guilt tripping you, but think about it. Do you have any idea what it means to be poor?

Have you ever had to heat water on the stove to take a bath? Not only that, you then had to share that water with your siblings? So hungry, with no food, you eat condiments? You don’t just skip meals, you go days without eating. Do you ever go weeks without food just so your children can eat? My mom did, and she would have, and still would, die if she had to to keep us alive. Do you know poor? Really?

When you hear about those lazy poor people on TV, boycotting unfair wages, not doing their job like their supposed to, you get angry don’t you? You complain about the line outside the welfare office, cringe when you see someone using an EBT (food stamps) card at the check out and complain about “the expensive food they are buying.” To think, they want to eat something other than Roman Noodles! The horror! To think they are eating on your tax dollars! I could have a heart attack!

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