Poor? Pay up!

When we live in a society where it's more expensive to live if you're poor than if your rich, we have a serious problem. The Wasington Post recently did a piece entitledThe High Cost of Povertywhich explains how the poorer you are, the more you have to pay to live.

You have to be rich to be poor.
The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace. This is a fact of life that reality television and magazines don't often explain. So we'll explain it here. Consider this a primer on the economics of poverty.That's what some people who have never lived below the poverty line don't understand.
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