Reply #74: There is a difference however

[shintao]

The new poor still have hope and are willing to challenge the system and fight to get out of poverty. The old poverty are those that have given up hope & need their confidence & skills rekindled to get up and try again. Like consumer confidence, poor confidence to better ones self-esteem has to be maintained.

Something else that is good about taking any job you can, is that often it leads you back into better work and wages much faster than giving up and staying home depressed. Look at some of the old folks working at Wallmart for minimum wage to suppliment their social security. Most of them are still happy to be ticking along.