She clearly has an agenda, see:
"不过,在总结她的亲身体验时,她提出了一个很值得注意的问题。美国的中产阶级和主流媒体,存在一个偏见:穷人之所以穷,是因为他们懒,工作不努力。芭芭拉 以她的亲历告诉读者:穷人非常努力的工作着,但是他们工作越努力,生活越贫穷。这一定不是穷人的问题,而是社会制度的问题。"
She has her conclusion before she started her so-called 亲历. This is a typical liberal propaganda even if she is well intentioned. She select only those 亲历 that fit her agenda and ignoring all those overwhelming cases of "穷人之所以穷,是因为他们懒,工作不努力。"
Yah right, she wants idiot readers to believe it is 社会制度的问题 even though there is never a better 社会制度 in the history of humanity.
Does she want to live in the former USSR?