Live on $4.50/day? Are they nuts? I worked and provided for myself so I wouldn’t need to limit myself. In America, the greatest nation in the history of the world, in most cases if a person is poor, they are poor by choice. If a person cannot make it on minimum wage job, get TWO minimum wage jobs. Or three, whatever it takes. Or start a business. There are no limits other than the ones we put on ourselves.
My Parents lived through the Depression. They were still poor years after the World War Two ended.
My Mother’s family ate Mayonnaise Sandwiches. They made their own Mayo, (Oil and Eggs) and they ate day old Bread. It filled their Stomachs.
Even after I was born and my Family worked hard to move up the economic ladder to Middle Class, we still ate Mayonnaise Sandwiches. We did upgrade to Hellmans Mayo and Wonder Bread though.