Poverty Is Rampant In The U.S., But We Pretend It’s Not
“I have known four adults over the last ten years who in spite of their diligence and integrity financially ‘bottomed out.’ Two lost their government jobs due to cutbacks; two were woodworkers whose steady cash flow trickled to nil during the Great Recession. I knew that each was receiving unemployment benefits because they called me privately asking if I knew where they could find work. I eventually discovered that each of them had resorted to living in their cars, while spending an occasional night at a shelter. Call them transient. Call them ‘residentially challenged.’ Or call them homeless. They preferred as few people as possible to know they were ‘on the street.’”