[siphon22]

I like the spirit of the article, but being poor does not resolve you of personal responsibility. You do not have a pass to commit crime because you make under a certain amount a year. There are definitely a great number of poor people in this world who have no one to blame but themselves or their family/upbringing. I think that a civilized country should have a good safety net for everyone equally, even if their poverty was their own fault. There should be no shame there. People make mistakes. People are sometimes in the wrong place at the wrong time. We should still help them even if it was their fault. I dislike this mindset in America that people get what they deserve and if they made a mistake, they should suffer for it.