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SubiculumCode · 2019-02-12 18:11:03

No one said they were poor in that sense. However, there are still poor, even if they are not starving. Economic stress of living on small paycheck to small paycheck is poverty.

Sure if you took their several dollars to another poorer country they would be considered well off, but they can't get there and spend it. They are here, paying for food and lodgings that take almost their entire income.

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milkshakes | karma 2701 | avg karma 4.91 · | 2013-09-15 12:49:52

so.... the reason they are poor is that they don't have a lot of money?

Retra | karma 4460 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2016-03-16 04:46:52+00:00

If they were, why would they be poor?

C1sc0cat | karma 1896 | avg karma 0.76 · | 2019-10-21 11:26:57+00:00

They are poor - in relative terms.

neilparikh | karma 1550 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2021-06-10 05:55:28+00:00

The relevant case is people who have no income, but have a substantial amount of wealth (enough to buy a home). I'm not sure how you can consider that poor.

strawdynamics | karma 2 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2021-11-07 00:00:05

They are poor.

grecy | karma 23094 | avg karma 3.39 · | 2013-01-17 20:34:17+00:00

You forget that 'poor' doesn't only refer to the amount of money a person has.

These people are 'time poor' too.

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distant_hat | karma 1016 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2019-12-11 22:28:07+00:00

if they are running a deficit, maybe they can legitimately consider themselves poor? :)

readflaggedcomm | karma 439 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2021-09-11 17:28:11

That's a very narrow definition of poverty. Some don't have those resources to exploit.

jonmb | karma 231 | avg karma 2.03 · | 2012-05-24 18:26:19+00:00

"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."

pschuegr | karma 919 | avg karma 3.56 · | 2021-05-19 22:37:04+00:00

What you're describing sounds like "destitute", not poor.

BirdieNZ | karma 493 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2016-12-11 21:54:28+00:00

I don't think this is always accurate; a lot of poor people are poor through spending habits and poor financial management, not through lack of income.

steveBK123 | karma 10082 | avg karma 4.71 · | 2023-08-21 18:11:51

Also the poor generally don't have wealth to speak of, definitionally. Having $25k or 50k in savings is quite far from being poor.

teachrdan | karma 2451 | avg karma 3.85 · | 2018-11-01 18:15:46+00:00

And they're poor.

solarmist | karma 2414 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2023-02-24 13:24:25

Or “poor(er) people having some money.”

yyyymmddhhmmss | karma 68 | avg karma 0.65 · | 2020-06-07 01:09:37+00:00

*poor people

pas | karma 7438 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2019-02-04 05:06:42+00:00

poor might mean lower middle-class. no welfare income.

bluGill | karma 18458 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2017-09-05 18:06:39

The article was about India, where at least some people are that poor.

glibgil | karma 1180 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2017-05-02 15:51:21

They can't stop being poor

jsjddbbwj | karma -15 | avg karma -0.07 · | 2020-03-08 14:44:19+00:00

That's why they are poor.