Cause Of Poverty In The United States
According to the University of California about 43.1 percent of people live in poverty in the United States and less than one percent of the US budget goes to helping these people. That is just in the United States, one of the richest countries in the world, and a well developed country. Think about the billions of other people that live in poverty in developing or undeveloped countries. Today, many people across the globe live in poverty and have a hard time providing for basic necessities such as health care, food, shelter, and much more. Poverty is a continuing cycle in which the rate increases over time. Poverty may be caused by many different factors such as a lack of jobs, lack of education, and natural disasters and the the effects
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Education allows kids to grow up, get a degree, and continue to pursue their strengths in the work field. This then allows them to eventually have a stable income and provide necessities for their family. Many kids who live in poverty though have a hard time getting an education. According to Jorge Atiles a professor at Oklahoma State University, younger children from low-income families score a lot lower on literacy and math tests. The average of all the scores of children who do not live in the poverty group are 60 percent higher than those from the poverty …show more content…
In these areas, most educations are not academically strong. Lack of education can affect our economy, but also their families, and the cycle of poverty. When kids in impoverished countries do not gain an education, it can turn out to actually hurt our economy. To illustrate, According to Rob Grunewald an economist, thirty percent of children do not graduate from high school. These children are more likely to go to prison or enroll in welfare programs. Since these kids who do not graduate or go to high school are more likely to commit crimes that then causes the government to have to put more money towards people not following the law. With many kids not getting the education they need or is required it is hard for them then to maintain stable income for not only themselves, but also their
Education allows kids to grow up, get a degree, and continue to pursue their strengths in the work field. This then allows them to eventually have a stable income and provide necessities for their family. Many kids who live in poverty though have a hard time getting an education. According to Jorge Atiles a professor at Oklahoma State University, younger children from low-income families score a lot lower on literacy and math tests. The average of all the scores of children who do not live in the poverty group are 60 percent higher than those from the poverty …show more content…
In these areas, most educations are not academically strong. Lack of education can affect our economy, but also their families, and the cycle of poverty. When kids in impoverished countries do not gain an education, it can turn out to actually hurt our economy. To illustrate, According to Rob Grunewald an economist, thirty percent of children do not graduate from high school. These children are more likely to go to prison or enroll in welfare programs. Since these kids who do not graduate or go to high school are more likely to commit crimes that then causes the government to have to put more money towards people not following the law. With many kids not getting the education they need or is required it is hard for them then to maintain stable income for not only themselves, but also their