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Waited 5 months for this book to come in on order at the library. Was well aware of the questionable authenticity of Tirado's original essay.

After reading a mere 20 pages, I have to wonder how many of Tirado's problems are less due to the actual plight of the poor and more because she has a piss-poor attitude. Years ago I worked at a tax office, and some of my hourly co-workers would bail as soon as the immediate bread-n-butter jobs (returns) were finished, even if there were hundreds of papers to be filed, clients to be called, trash cans to be emptied, floors to be vacuumed, and deposits to be taken to the bank. Sure, they were able to avoid all that "degrading scut work" but they were also the least interested in the job and the first to be written off the schedule when overall hours were reduced. I got the impression with those people, as with Tirado, that they don't understand when you actually own a small business you're most often the one doing the scut work, and if your employees aren't willing to do it they're not really worthwhile as employees.

Author seems to illustrate the problems of being half-assed and lackluster at one's job, mainly in that it conscripts one to poverty. So does failing to show up (either on time or at all), and so does throwing fits and screaming at the boss in front of customers. She certainly seems to suffer from a poverty of spirit.

Also the medical chapter is full of glaring inconsistencies. First she says "about a decade ago" her front teeth were destroyed in a car accident (book published in 2014, so 2005 or earlier?), then two pages later, mentions how someone had taken a picture of her in 2006, "before her front teeth went and a wisdom tooth cracked off."
Then complaining about how a charity hospital didn't cover elective ultrasounds for her (maybe a benefit of not having insurance is not understanding that insurance does not cover elective ultrasounds) and afterwards foregoing (free) medical care for the duration of her pregnancy. Complaining how primary care doctors aren't at her beck-and-call for any issues might have (see how much worse this gets under the ACA), and complaining that mental health professionals don't just hand out pills in lieu of a treatment plan to anyone who asks for them. Geez, entitled much? Do you not understand how medical care works?

Wondering how many times this gal lost apartments/abandoned apartments/moved. She claims to have lost at least three because of pay irregularities, to have abandoned three, and then to have moved for work or school related reasons at least a couple of times. If most moves result in a full forfeiture of security/utility deposits, I don't see why you'd ever do it more than absolutely necessary. Currently has a bought-in-cash house, which, while not fancy, is a far sight better than most poor people have.

Tosses out a lot of falsehoods about Voter ID requirements and urban polling locations not being open as required on Election Day. Wants a nanny state but doesn't trust cops. Wants a big safety net and the resultant bureaucracy but doesn't want to deal with the hassles of said bureaucracy.

Tirado and I must be very close to the same age, but she absolutely personifies the Millennial Whine. Very little is her fault (she does concede that she smokes and screws around) and the world owes her a living despite her anger and laziness issues. Birth control pills are too hard to take even though she's an admitted (ibuprofen) pill popper. Chapter 10 is a great example of her insane self-righteousness; once again she proves she has no idea about medicine by misunderstanding what a concierge physician is (after griping about not having one in Chapter 3), as well as her supposed moral superiority to office workers and anyone earning more than she does.