What Is Poverty?
Frank Garcia
Basic Critical Thinking
04/24/2013
Poverty
What is poverty? Poverty is the state of one who does not have a certain amount
of content belongings or money. Overall poverty or destitution represents the deprival of
basic human needs, which generally contains food, water, cleanliness, outfits, protection,
medical care and knowledge. Relative poverty is determined contextually as economic
inequality in the location or community in which people live. The results we are aiming
toward is that poverty would be a problem of the past not the current or future. There
were more than 49 million People in America living in hardship truly (poverty), under an
alternative evaluate of the Census Bureau 2010(CNN)
Mollie Orshansky, a civil servant in the Social Security Administration who took
the cost of a “thrifty food basket” for a family of four and multiplied it by three, devised
the current formula. Her formula has been changed because of inflation. It continues to
harbor a number of quirks traceable to attitudes of a half-century ago, such as a one
thousand dollars reduction in the poverty line for senior citizens, largely because
Orshansky, an economist and statistician, thinking that older people eat less than
younger.
A guaranteed minimum income guarantees that every resident will stay be able to
buy a preferred level of primary needs there is also social security and unemployment
benefits to help people struggling. President Obama has 5 solutions to cut poverty; which
are creating good jobs, raising wages, training the next generation of workers, investing
in children and strengthening families. I will try to help out in my local community
program and participate in their programs to fight against poverty, some of these
problems include can drives and donations to help people suffering from poverty. In my
home I will try to conserve food and not waste what I can use
Basic Critical Thinking
04/24/2013
Poverty
What is poverty? Poverty is the state of one who does not have a certain amount
of content belongings or money. Overall poverty or destitution represents the deprival of
basic human needs, which generally contains food, water, cleanliness, outfits, protection,
medical care and knowledge. Relative poverty is determined contextually as economic
inequality in the location or community in which people live. The results we are aiming
toward is that poverty would be a problem of the past not the current or future. There
were more than 49 million People in America living in hardship truly (poverty), under an
alternative evaluate of the Census Bureau 2010(CNN)
Mollie Orshansky, a civil servant in the Social Security Administration who took
the cost of a “thrifty food basket” for a family of four and multiplied it by three, devised
the current formula. Her formula has been changed because of inflation. It continues to
harbor a number of quirks traceable to attitudes of a half-century ago, such as a one
thousand dollars reduction in the poverty line for senior citizens, largely because
Orshansky, an economist and statistician, thinking that older people eat less than
younger.
A guaranteed minimum income guarantees that every resident will stay be able to
buy a preferred level of primary needs there is also social security and unemployment
benefits to help people struggling. President Obama has 5 solutions to cut poverty; which
are creating good jobs, raising wages, training the next generation of workers, investing
in children and strengthening families. I will try to help out in my local community
program and participate in their programs to fight against poverty, some of these
problems include can drives and donations to help people suffering from poverty. In my
home I will try to conserve food and not waste what I can use
References: CNNMoney (2011) Poverty rate rises under alternate Census measure. [online] Available at: http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/07/news/economy/poverty_rate/index.htm name (2013) Top 5 Solutions to Cut Poverty Proposed by President Obama in State of the Union Address. [online] Available at: Unknown. (2013) Untitled. [online] Available at: http://lirnproxy.museglobal.com/MuseSessionID=1aa1bc77136952d3aa90474670394dd1/MuseHo Unknown. (2013) Untitled. [online] Available at: http://lirnproxy.museglobal.com/MuseSessionID=8060ddfe5d09814a82c2724a34455c/MuseHost