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How do you define poverty in the United States?

Is it a state of being?

Is it a number or a line?

When you think of poverty in America,

do you think of someone like Violet Carter?

I'm a disabled adult, so fortunately my work is entirely remote.

I work for a small socialist nonprofit,

and they do a lot of things like mutual aid and other community building activities,

and I handle their social media accounts.

I currently make $17.50 an hour at this job,

and I do 15 hours a week, which is pretty much all they can afford to give me right now.

So that means I don't really qualify for any work benefits or anything like that.

I got very lucky with the job that I have,

but it's frankly not giving me enough hours to feel safe and secure and how much money I'm making.

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