I’ve lived and worked in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand (Thailand? ;)... I’ve seen poverty.
There, the folks don’t want a handout, they want a chance. Most all are hard working and industrious, they just don’t have the opportunity. I was amazed at some of the ways they’d come up with, just to put a little food on the table, which they’d gladly share.
We don’t have poor in this country, not by any rational definition.
No, I don’t feel sorry for the ‘poor’ in this country, guess I’m just mean spirited.
To be poor in America is an indulgence. There are no ‘’poor’’ in America.