Aug
8
2009
Barbara Ehrenreich asks: Is It Now a Crime to be Poor?
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 11:36 AM Press Releases
Writing in the New York Times as an Op-Ed Contributor, Barbara Ehrenreich asks if it is now a crime to be poor?
"IT’S too bad so many people are falling into poverty at a time when it’s almost illegal to be poor. You won’t be arrested for shopping in a Dollar Store, but if you are truly, deeply, in-the-streets poor, you’re well advised not to engage in any of the biological necessities of life — like sitting, sleeping, lying down or loitering."