yeah neither of them made $12/hr, in fact my dad was getting his business off the ground at the time, a lot of money went into that.
i mean it wasn't forever, and by the time i was a senior in HS and making some cash (which i always kicked back some to my parents as "rent") they were finally out from under poverty.
But i remeraber a lot of people like this. you don't notice them because you don't talk to them.
i'm not saying everyone poor is like that, but there are some real people out there doing hard ass jobs, many you dont even know exist, and aren't making that much.