no such thing as “poor” in the USA...none zero nada...
people defined as “poor” are the tools of federal programs to justify the employment of affirmative action employees to maintain the “poor”...
I live in a third world country year round and can testify that even the POOR here...F*C*ING WORK to feed themselves...they WORK, the first thing they do DAILY is to tend to their small gardens...and second they do WHATEVER for a small fee to get money for the other basics...they collect wood for their wood burning stoves and may barter wood for eggs, ground corn, cheese or milk...
People here go road side and pick wild mangoes, coconuts and eat their humble meals and proudly share with those who are worthy...the lazy worthless here are left in the streets to die and serve as a reminder to children to DON’T do THAT!
HERE the government doesn’t employ the lame to redistribute money...the government instead takes the tax dollars and builds infrastructures to transmit power, supply water and sewer to EVERYONE so we can all work together while standing on the same playing field...
Water and sewer is needed for the small family farmer all the way up to the larger farms...which employs people with BASIC farming skills...also Most here have a family member that FISHES for their weekly protein, most families have a few chickens for eggs and each year (an extended family will all chip in) to buy a piglet which will grace their table at CHRISTMAS...
Quite simply we here live as most hard working Americans did before and after the depression...when US citizens relied on our own skills and bartered their talents to get ahead before DEMANDING a paycheck and WORST credit...
I recently hired a young man to build a piece of furniture...he told me his dream to own a a lithium battery cordless drill...very expensive here (twice as much here)...so we bought one online and had a friend bring it down to us...THAT bartered situation ENSURES his future success in building a business that he HAS TO WORK at to break the cycle of just living to getting by and to also help his children educated to held them move forward!
School here...all kids in uniforms, all kids in school at 700 AM ALL kids go home at 12 for lunch and CHORES and at 2pm are back in school until 5PM...
F*c) the so called poor in the USA...they are just worthless and lazy MADE that way by their own volition and expectation that they have a safety net...
F*cc% the lazy and worthless in the USA they all deserve to die of starvation...and be sneered upon while lying in the streets...
Guess what ? If you try to barter and sell on the street in the U.S. you will be arrested and fined for not having a permit. And permits aren’t cheap.
Half the stuff you described isn’t even possible here because frankly, regulations choke out all small scale commerce.
Also, you are clueless as to how the working classes in the shanty towns think. Your mindset is barbaric, but there’s isn’t.