quite agree, though, having worked for several years in debt, welfare benefits & housing advice, I would take issue with the “often” relating to external causes of poverty
Poverty, in my experience is systemic & structural. End of. Some poor people make what others may regard as poor choices but that is marginal at most & who amongst us, not least finger-pointing journalists, has never made a bad choice?
SimonBornAt318ppm
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