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The point is that the poor pay more for exactly the same (or even inferior) things as people who are better off, not that they somehow spend more in the aggrega
by akeefer 17y ago
The point is that the poor pay more for exactly the same (or even inferior) things as people who are better off, not that they somehow spend more in the aggregate. People who already are going to have less than others because of their lower income actually have that small amount of money go less far than exactly that same amount of money would go for someone who was better off.
You can view that as just the reality of how the economics work out, or you can view that as fundamentally unfair that people essentially get kicked while they're already down.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoYou can view that as just the reality of how the economics work out, or you can view that as fundamentally unfair that people essentially get kicked while they're already down. The two are not mutually exclusive positions.
- ijuhytgjh 17y agoI spent a lot of time and money learning to be poor - it's called 'grad school'. Which is why I spend a $ on a home made meal of rice/beans/vegetables instead of $5 on a McDs. Shop at supermarkets at 8:00pm (4:00 on sunday) when they are selling off fresh food and never buy anything except own-label staples that isn't on sale.