It is just too expensive to be poor in America.  The cost of living for the poor in America is much higher than for the non-poor.

The poor almost always have to pay higher deposits for utilities, higher interest rates on loans, forced to take out expensive loans like payday loans and title loans.  The poor often find themselves in financial situations they never saw coming without any help or solutions anywhere in sight.  Read more here.

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