The penalty in a national emergency for being poor is

[Walt Starr]

death.

[despairing optimist]

1. And the penalty for an indifferent, ignorant citizenry is

George Walker Bush as president of the United States.

[gennifer6]

2. The penalty for being poor, period, is death.

This is just another example of how the government fucks the poor people, like health care and welfare and outsourcing and not raising minimum wage. The list goes on and on

[Robert Oak]

3. the penalty for being poor is death period

Get sick, you're dead in essence and if you live you will be so in debt you will never recover financially.