Generational poverty the exception, not the rule

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. The poverty line is a rather arbitrary number

So I'm not surprised that a lot of people are above that line at points, below it at others. People having trouble with poverty are more likely not to have steady work, and thus not have regular income. So some months you might have income, other months not.

I think the last line of the article is the most important takeaway.

Don’t fight poverty because you feel sorry for other people; fight poverty because the odds are increasingly high that you and your family will be poor someday, too.