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In reply to the discussion: Why Poor People Stay Poor [View all]brush
(54,081 posts)"poor people have poor ways" which I feel was faulting poor people as a whole.
I was not responding to the situation in the article, but the person in the article was caught up in a circumstance that befalls many of us, not just the poor.
If you have the resources you can pay your fine, get your car out and curse yourself for your "poor ways" (lapse in judgment, really. We all have them from time to time), and continue on your way.
If you don't have the money you are screwed and ground down by the bloodsucker tow companies who keep piling on unconscionably high daily fees and by a society that allows it to happen predatory capitalism really. You can lose your car, job, etc.
The larger question is, are poor people at fault for not being vigilant at all times in avoiding the 24-7 pocketbook grabs of a society that continually extracts money and funnels it upward, or is the society at fault for not providing more of a safety net for those that can't always cough up hundreds or even thousands in tow fees?