Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts

[dixiegrrrrl]

In answer to the question Why do poor people do things that seem so self-destructive?
the writer shared this.
She ended up writing a blog which ended up being a book, titled Hand to Mouth Living in Bootstrap America. Her name is Linda Tarado.
I recommend it.

Here is her essay, from her blog, on why poor people puzzle the hell out of non-poor people:

Rest is a luxury for the rich. I get up at 6AM, go to school (I have a full courseload, but I only have to go to two in-person classes) then work, then I get the kids, then I pick up my husband, then I have half an hour to change and go to Job 2. I get home from that at around 1230AM, then I have the rest of my classes and work to tend to. I'm in bed by 3. This isn't every day, I have two days off a week from each of my obligations. I use that time to clean the house and soothe Mr. Martini and see the kids for longer than an hour and catch up on schoolwork. Those nights I'm in bed by midnight, but if I go to bed too early I won't be able to stay up the other nights because I'll fuck my pattern up, and I drive an hour home from Job 2 so I can't afford to be sleepy. I never get a day off from work unless I am fairly sick. It doesn't leave you much room to think about what you are doing, only to attend to the next thing and the next. Planning isn't in the mix.

The rest:
http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decisions-or-poverty-thoughts-1450123558

[NYC_SKP]

1. A handful of people among the 1% have all of her wealth. And ours.

....

The one percent will, in the end, suffer for failing to see the unsustainability of their greed.

Not in my lifetime, but they will be eaten by the poor when the poor rise up.

[inanna]

2. K & R

[Doctor_J]

3. I thought we saw this before. it's from 14 months ago

I'll rec again though