How Are People Getting By?

[FrankTheTank]

I agree that the poor in this country do live better than most of the world, though I still think you are overestimating how they live. I was mostly questioning this
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This obviously doesn't speak for the homeless (the drugs and alcohol might)

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The majority of homeless people are not substance abusers.

[FishHooks]

Maybe not a majority but a much higher percentage of poor people are substance abusers than the general population

[Hal 2000]

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Maybe not a majority but a much higher percentage of poor people are substance abusers than the general population

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Got a source on this??