An education on poverty that...

... moves past cliches and exposes some difficult truths.  Like this idea - 

You have to be rich to be poor. That's what some people who have never lived below the poverty line don't understand.You have to be rich to be poor.Put it another way: 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.

From the Washington Post.  Read it all here.  One thing is for sure.  We often tend to oversimplify the problems and difficulties that others have to live with. Shame on us.