> One of the things that suck most about being poor is that you need to have money in order to save money. > This is true if you are free to choose to buy a ne

> One of the things that suck most about being poor is that you need to have money in order to save money. > This is true if you are free to choose to buy a new shirt now or save a bit and buy it later. But if you are running out of shirts now, you don't have that choice. Do you have any better example? Shirts can be bought used. I do not consider myself as being in poverty but often I use to buy something used, especially if I know how to fix what is broken.