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Submitted by Sarah on Sat, 03/31/2007 - 4:29pm.
Many poor and black communities are so bereft of services and retail that residents are forced to pay what could be called a "time tax" -- either extra money or loss of personal time -- to access basic services. This is from Jacqueline Dowd's post The "time tax" on poor people from her blog the 13th juror. Ms. Dowd is a poverty lawyer and law professor based in Orlando, her blog is always worth reading. One of the many topics she covers is tent cities and she has written about our own Camp Quixote. I understand this idea of a "time tax" through experience, fortunately I'm not currently heavily taxed. I wonder how our societal view of low income folks would change if we understood and incorporated this idea of time tax. Often we speak as if the only elements worth measuring are money and the almighty will-power (boot strap style) and we completely ignore the realities of time and energy. And location, location, location.
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