The Moneyist: A letter from a reader on the poverty line: ‘I know what it means to go hungry for five days until you get your next paycheck’

The Moneyist: A letter from a reader on the poverty line: ‘I know what it means to go hungry for five days until you get your next paycheck’

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This woman from Texas, then 36, wrote to the Moneyist in September 2018. She didn’t have a college degree, said she would never earn more than $30,000 a year, and worked full-time for $15 an hour, in addition to a part-time job at $10 an hour. She paid $1,050 a month in rent.
The reason for her letter: She was about to inherit $150,000. It was more money than she had ever had in her life. She had…

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