SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoPeople who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the povertymessage-squaremessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1813arrow-down132
arrow-up1781arrow-down1message-squarePeople who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the povertySatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoScrewing the poor is a time honored tradition in capitalism. From Cracked’s article, 5 Cruel Ways Being Poor Is Expensive Household Goods Like Toilet Paper Cost More For Poor People The IRS Audits Poor People More Frequently Than Rich People Poor People Have To Pay Extra To Access Money They’ve Already Earned “New Customer Fees” Are Thinly Disguised Penalties For Being Poor Nutritional Inequality Goes Much Deeper Than Food Deserts From another article, 5 Screwed-Up Ways The World’s Stacked Against Poor People “Period Poverty” Is A Very Real Problem “Transit Deserts” Keep People From Finding Work Low-Income Housing Is Leaving Residents With Massive Energy Bills Low-Income Neighborhoods Experience Longer Emergency Response Times Low-Income Families Are More Likely To Be Audited Finally, Why We Can’t Stop Hating The Poor We Have Laws Designed To Make The Poor Look Like Assholes The Hate Comes From Some Unexpected Places Poor People Smell Bad The Poor Remind Us That Sometimes The System Is In Fact Bullshit We Have To Believe People Deserve What They Get
Screwing the poor is a time honored tradition in capitalism.
From Cracked’s article, 5 Cruel Ways Being Poor Is Expensive
From another article, 5 Screwed-Up Ways The World’s Stacked Against Poor People
Finally, Why We Can’t Stop Hating The Poor