Agreed. I would also add to your analysis by talking more about what I have witnessed firsthand hanging out places like development projects with subsidized re

Agreed. I would also add to your analysis by talking more about what I have witnessed firsthand hanging out places like development projects with subsidized rent. I have found that if you are a low income worker, you likely don't have the time/energy to build skills necessary for getting a "real" job. Furthermore, many low income jobs are during evening hours/don't let you interact with people that you could leverage to get a real job. As a result of this everybody you know and are friends with work low income jobs, leaving little hope for personal networking into a higher-paying "real" job. Considering all of this, I have witnessed many situations in which people are dishwashers working just enough hours to qualify for subsidized housing/foodstamps/other gov cash. These people oftentimes smoke pot/hang out all the time and their life is actually pretty nice, save fancy vacations and other frivolous luxuries. I am not saying this is good or bad, but I just wanted to shed light on the fact that there are many poor people with plenty of highly-valued leisure time. These people have no intention of getting a higher paying job because it is much easier having 15k of w2 income washing dishes 30 hours a week with some cash-labor work on the side + gov benefits. MANY of these "poor" people bring in 1-2k/month selling pot and other things on the side as well. It is EXTREMELY common. Kind of rambling but I find "poor" people economics very interesting.