> That may be because your paycheque affords you a comfortable enough life on that front that you don't have to stress over it. I won't deny I currently make a

> That may be because your paycheque affords you a comfortable enough life on that front that you don't have to stress over it. I won't deny I currently make a fairly decent amount of money. I'm not rich, but am somewhere around the top 20% or so of income earners at $70,000 a year or so. And I know I have that job due to both luck and privilege. Not white privilege, but being born with a brain that was well-suited to learning and enjoying computer programming. Which just happened to be the in-demand thing. But I have been extremely poor before. I've worked full-time at Wal-Mart and near full-time at McDonalds simultaneously to afford the apartment I had to share with three roommates. I've lived for years on ramen noodles and bologna sandwiches. Believe me, I know what it's like to pay credit card interest with other credit cards, to have to finance food purchases, to dodge constant collector calls (even at work, yes even though that's illegal) and worry about a court case leading to wage garnishments. To have to drive without car insurance to afford food and have your heart rate skyrocket to 170/110 whenever you see a police cruiser on your side of the road. If it meant we could treat all people as equals with dignity and respect unde the law, I would accept going back that far. I very much don't want to, but to me, social issues are more important. One thing I will say is that I've never had to provide food for my children (I don't have any.) I can certainly understand how having children leads many people to be more conservative. I've seen it happen to some of my best friends I've known over half my life now.