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Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Barbara Ehrenreich
Motivation, Character, Poverty
"Time to Wake Up: Stop Blaming Poverty on the Poor". Essay by Barbara Ehrenreich, published in Maria Shriver "The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink", shriverreport.org. January 13, 2014.
Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.