Poor is....
Walking around with holey shoes so your kids can eat.
Approved for the free meals program at school.
Feeling sick and still going to work cause you have to.
Walking an hour and a half home cause you can't afford the bus.
Scrounging the sidewalk for change to afford a dollar burger.
Your kids scrounging for change to buy candy.
Dumpster diving.
Qualify for food stamps and still not eating healthy.
Washing your clothes in the bathtub.
No joining the band at school.
No qualified after school care for you kids.
Online work for pennies to afford extras.
Nothing to bring to family functions.
Stocking up at leftover take homes during family holiday functions.
Getting suckered at scams cause you are desperate for money.
Stealing cause you can't afford what you need.
Waiting for tax season to catch up on bills.
Waiting for taxes to take your family out to dinner.
Sleeping on a park bench.
Trailer parks or ghettos.
No pets.
Goodwill for clothes.
No medicine or doctors.
Tooth pain and bad teeth.
Broke before payday.
No birthday parties.
No buying gifts.
Using grocery bags for trick or treating.
Halloween costumes from the closet.
No air conditioning in the summer, no heater in the winter.
Asking for help with everything.
No 401k or retirement plan.
No auto insurance.
10 yr old car or no car.
No money, credit, or assets to help your dreams.
Bad credit or no credit.
State health insurance.
Pay by the week rentals.
Higher finance rates and longer payoff terms.
Never having what you want.
New definitions to needs and luxury.
Having to give up your kids.
Marriage falls apart.
An early grave.
Poor is beyond the imagination of anyone that hasn't lived it.
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