*I don’t mean to depress you, and I hope you won’t judge me too harshly (or even become concerned about me for thinking these thoughts) but just the other day I was thinking about how costly living is. Let me be clear, I am not simply mimicking the justifiable cliche, “Things have become so expensive,” I was actually going deeper, having a greater understanding of why people who simply couldn’t take it anymore chose to opt out…of life…because living is too expensive and there seems to be no relief in sight.
Rest assured, I plan to be here for the long haul. I have so much to be thankful for. But as a writer, and a compassionate human being, its my tendency to go deep. So when I came across an article by Kristin Wong of Lifehacker — that talks about how things actually cost more when you’re poor, it got my attention.
I don’t consider myself poor, but then again maybe I am. Over the years the look of “poor” has changed. Middle class is now, in many aspects, upper echelon poor. People on the brink of poverty may still be wearing the designer clothes they purchased before they got there.
Check out your local social services department. The parking lot in particular. You see that blue BMW over there? Do you assume it belongs to your worker’s supervisor? It could easily belong to the person standing in line next to you. The one who, at one time, had the resources to lease or buy it, but has since lost his or her job and now can’t afford to make payments and buy food.
So for now, they’ve opted to try and hang on to the car for as long as possible. But they need help buying food.
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