Truth. I'd buy you a beer anytime.
Only if you're rich. Only the rich can afford a beer anymore. I wouldn't want to take advantage of the poor by going to a bar.
:)
In all seriousness, there are a lot of excellent discussions on systematic abuses of poor people by the "system" but I would caution that
this article is not the right place to start one, nor the right jumping-off point for having one. There are lots of truly terrible stories where folks are taken advantage of by slumlords, car salesmen, their employers, and so on - in ways that are obviously, patently, and outrageously illegal - but are done knowing that the victims have no ability to fight and win, and will give up and allow themselves to be nickel-and-dimed because fighting back requires education, resources, and time.
But this is the wrong goddamn source, and it colors any conversation following it, irrevocably and in a way that is not conducive to a good debate or conversation. It will quickly devolve into generalizations, victim-blaming, and ad hominem.
My personal belief, by the way, is that the proper way to deal with systematic injustices is one at a time. The idea of systematic injustices has grown so incredibly politicized - or perhaps, it always was, and I merely lack context and experience to know for sure - that any attempt to address an issue brings all sorts of crazies out of the woodwork, who proceed to have verbal diarrhea into their hands, then throw the resultant shit at anyone nearby. Instead, if we notice and address injustices as they appear - sue the slumlord out of business, shut down the car dealership that performs bait-and-switches after a car is sold, make illegal paying people on debit cards with transaction fees - we can make a real difference without the criminally insane and professional victims getting in the way.