2:13am September 21, 2013

I was just talking to a friend about how I don’t feel poor.

And I think it’s because I have all these subsidized things. Subsidized housing, Medicare and Medicaid, fuel assistance, etc.  Not to mention my entire income is from the government.

Also because I’ve lived on less than half my current income before. And this is so much better than that.

But I feel like if I have a roof over my head, enough to eat, the medications I need, and even a little extra for things I just WANT, then I must not be poor.

But I am poor. If you took away all the subsidized stuff I would be homeless or dead.  And my parents are at least as poor as I am, so I can’t go running to them.

But still. I have trouble seeing this as poor. Even though it is. And that’s weird.

And I am living in a society that is not even all that good to its poor people. Imagine what it would be like if it WERE good to us.

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