Easy come; easy go. One thing I learned about poor people is that if you don't make them work for it, they won't take care of it and will spend it carelessly and wind up in the same boat they were previously. Nothing against being poor....it's about being educate with money, which is why they are in that boat to begin with.
100% true from my anecdotal experience. I grew up in Atlanta, one of 7 white folk in my grade. Even as a kid I knew there were unwise decisions going on when I went over to peoples houses to hang out and saw expensive stereo and a badass 25" TV (This was awesome back then) But they had nothing to eat!
My fam drove a beat up old Dodge maxi-wagon cargo van with a couch in back for us kids. But we always had food.