Being poor always costs more. Rich people can shop around for better deals on pretty much everything, if they want to (eg lower interest rates, lower taxes, etc

Being poor always costs more. Rich people can shop around for better deals on pretty much everything, if they want to (eg lower interest rates, lower taxes, etc). Many options that are available to the rich are definitely not available to the poor, and that doesn’t even factor in the charges talked about in the article. It doesn’t surprise me one bit, sadly.