Americans hate poor people.

[Kalidurga]

55. Then there are those that even while they hate the poor...

They have poverty envy. They think poor people have no jobs and are living high on the hog while collecting assistance. They party everyday and the booze flows freely. They have multiple partners. The women have lots of baby daddies and don't know who they are. The men abandon their children. It's just happy fun times everyday. While they themselves have to work long hours or another job to make ends meet (this means you are poor duh, unless you are in a 60 hour a week high paying job). They pulled themselves up by the bootstraps, even if that means that most their college was paid they had to work summers though, bummer. The haters have no clue what the reality is. They think poor means you have to search your couch for change for cigarettes, not that you can't even think about smoking cuz too expensive or you don't drink same reason.

The reality is that poor people on average are more likely to be with one person at a time. The dad's are more engaged with their children on average even if they aren't with the mother. Many poor people are in a 3 income situation, dad works two jobs the mom works one and grandma and grandpa help take care of the kids. They still have a hard time paying the mortgage or rent, the car payments since both adults work various shifts they have to have two cars, sometimes the jobs are very far from the places where rent is somewhat affordable so gas is a big expense.