tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post1424956510695784128..comments2023-10-23T12:23:54.134-05:00Comments on Larry James' Urban Daily: Understanding the decisions "poor people" make--or, moving into another's worldLarry Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06124477733714017000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-51809979454616884862013-12-04T16:08:18.136-06:002013-12-04T16:08:18.136-06:00http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2013/11/th...http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2013/11/that_viral_poverty_thoughts_es.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-13208277506761166412013-12-04T09:51:49.842-06:002013-12-04T09:51:49.842-06:00It is far from "totally made up." She ev...It is far from "totally made up." She eventually got some help from her parents and, after the post, received a significant sum in donations. But, as she has explained:<br /><br />” You have to understand that the piece you read was taken out of context, that I never meant to say that all of these things were happening to me right now, or that I was still quite so abject. I am not. I am reasonably normally lower working class.”<br />-”I am exhausted and poor and can’t make all my bills all the time. ... I can always make the amount of money I need in a month, it’s just that it doesn’t always match the billing cycles.”<br /><br />http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/381652-is-linda-tirado-killermartinis-author-of-viral-poverty-thoughts-essay-really-poor/<br /><br />Anyone who has ever spent any time with people who cannot make ends meet will recognize the truth of this description of what that life is like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-29033790500528737662013-12-03T15:44:21.833-06:002013-12-03T15:44:21.833-06:00This story has been exposed to be totally made up....This story has been exposed to be totally made up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-91965052296774868082013-12-03T15:17:32.677-06:002013-12-03T15:17:32.677-06:00Very interesting and helpful article - not from an...Very interesting and helpful article - not from and expert or policy wonk, but a real, live person. Sad. Can't say I know I would do better if it was me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9827454.post-31423647358664389112013-12-02T14:13:03.747-06:002013-12-02T14:13:03.747-06:00A case study in rarionalization.A case study in rarionalization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com