Finding Hope Amid the Chains of Poverty

i dont have a sense of hopelessness..it makes me aprreciate my children more and they are closer,,it seems. if i was worried about oppurtunity i think i wouldnt be as worried about my children emotionally not just taking care of them physically..anyway im called im not in high power or successfull,,at least i kno im not going to be the antichrist. so i love where i am from and who i am. and what this place has made me the person i am,

I'm sure all states have pockets of folks who have lived in proverty, are now living in proverty & will probably forever live in proverty.

I noticed that the article DID concede that drug abuse is often a contributing factor, but I find that a Sister saying cops wait for dead stickers is the reason folks don't carry insurance - I have to speak out. Officers normally give warnings out to expired stickers if there are no other violations - like -- totally illegal registrations etc.

and there are free checking accounts if you look for them.....

Sister Peterworth "When you have to pay $300 a month in rent, car insurance -- which most do not have because the cops wait for dead stickers -- banks charge too much for checking accounts, it is easy to see how people get lost in the shuffle all because one little problem to one man is a huge issue to another," Peterworth said.

Yes, some folks live in proverty & just how many try very hard to climb out of it? I should know...I made that climb & it wasn't easy. It's hard work & sacrifice that some do not try.(I would like a survey to know how many of those in proverty have tv, cable, phones - including cell phones, electronic games for the kids etc. washers or dryers, scrub clothes on a scrub & hang to dry, etc)