[epochwolf]

So it is a real issue and saying "they are poor because they are stupid" is pretty fucked up.

Wrong. I manage just fine. I have very little money for food. It can be done if you know what to buy and how to cook. You need to set aside eating some of the things you want and you will need to suck it up and carry food with you. I use my friend's kitchen when I can't get back to my place to cook. Sometimes you might have to skip some of the food you would enjoy.

If you don't know how to cook and you're poor you better learn to cook. You have no excuse not to learn. If you don't know how to buy food start asking people that have their act together. Seek help anywhere you can find it. (I've been lucky to have a friend that does some rather nice cooking. My mom is also great at cooking and I had her teach me.)

So to make a blanket statement: If you are poor and you don't take steps to improve yourself you will stay poor and you are an idiot. There are exceptions but they are just that, exceptions.