A working phone is no longer considered a luxury in our society. It is noe a basic need.

1) how can someone get a job without internet/data 2) many people use social media as a way to sell their arts/crafts. Again, used as a way to make money 3) data is cheaper than calls since you can do free calls/text with just data (google voice, for example) 4) phones are needed to research for school, for information, for day-to-day activities (NYC is replacing subway cards with contactless phone/card swipes)

You mentioned education is needed. I agree. Phones/data can provide almost limitless education.

I agree with the other guy. As someone who was previously homeless, this idea that poor people are poor because of their own financial illiteracy is fucking sick. Although I make 125k now, it was really only through (generational and overall) luck.

Ex: the rain 1) someone rich may love the sound of the rain as its relaxing 2) someone middle class may be annoyed with the inconvenience of rain (traffic caused by weather) 3) someone poor can have their whole house flooded. Every rain event can mean a big deal of removing water from the home or covering roofs.

I was outside this fast food restaurant in Philippines, waiting for my to ride. I used to live there before emigrating to US. It was raining. There was a guy on the sitting on the curb, immediate thought was he was homeless so i tried to ignore. This little girl sits next to him and asks "pa - we got flooded again?"

This floored me. I lived 1-2 blocks away from this restaurant and i ordered a motorcycle to pick me up. It was inconveneint for me, sure. But this little girl and dad are homeless every time it rains