Because being poor is equivalent to being unable to support me and my younger brother. Because the fact that minimum wage is no longer enough in an economy where the cost of living is spinning grossly out of proportion with actual wages. What makes you think it's the fact that she has two children is what makes her poor?
And no, my mother doesn't have a husband currently. You know why? Because my father was an abusive asshole. May he burn in his own self-perpetuated hell for all eternity.
You are an ignorant fuck. God, I know I can be ignorant, but right now I am so glad I'm not on your level.