Sorry, folks, if I seemed a bit testy on the Pet Peeves thread. I live, work and am the poor all the time-- people who work hard and who often don't make ends meet, through no fault of their own. I'm at the top, because we get stuff donated to us, like our house, so I can make some sacrifices and take some time off. But it's hard. As hard as it is to make ends meet as a middle class person, or as the child as a middle class person, it is much more expensive to be poor.
I'll try not to be so irritated.