At one point in my life the IRS estimated my income to be a whopping -$500. I could barely feed myself and my wife, who was constantly sick because we couldn't afford insurance or medicine. There weren't any simple things in life back then, because literally every day was a struggle to survive. I would walk to work and she would drive to work. We pulled in a combined $1000 a month and rent alone was well over half that. And we were not living in a luxurious house. It was a roach infested hell hole.

Being poor is about a lot more than just not being able to afford an iPhone. And it's extremely offensive for someone to suggest otherwise.