Many of us look at homeless people and beggars with disgust, anger, annoyance or pity. Have you ever thought that they can’t help their situation because of money? Poverty is a lack of means to support your basic needs. Anyone that has to worry about food, clothes and shelter each day has no time to think about anything else.

Any one of us can become poor and suffer in the same way if our need to survive each day is the first thing on our mind. The Town with No Poverty: The Health Effects of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment 1974 to 1979. Evelyn L Forget, found an increase in mental health, longer duration in education, lower crimes and much higher overall economy boost. Find out why it's important to think think twice before judging a poor person as you would be no different in their place.