Cindy Dreeszen and her husband live in one of the wealthiest counties in the United States. They have steady jobs, his at a movie theater and hers at a government office. Together, they earn about $55,000 a year.
But with a 17-month-old son, another baby on the way, and, as Dreeszen put it, “the cost of everything going up and up,” the couple went to a food pantry this month to ask for some free groceries.
“I didn’t think we’d even be allowed to come here,” said Dreeszen, 41, glancing around at the shelves of fruit, whole-wheat pasta and baby food.
“This is totally something that I never expected to happen, to have to resort to this.”
$55K annual family income is [i]poor[/i]? Something is seriously wrong with somebody’s sense of perspective.