It’s too bad so many people are falling into poverty at a time when it’s almost illegal to be poor. You won’t be arrested for shopping in a Dollar Store, but if you are truly, deeply, in-the-streets poor, you’re well advised not to engage in any of the biological necessities of life — like sitting, sleeping, lying down or loitering.
Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?
Barbara Ehrenreich | The New York Times | August 8, 2009 | 1,804 words