CRW 15/3/17 Poverty in America Today‚ even with all of our achievements in just the past century‚ 47 million Americans still suffer to survive because of poverty. US poverty isn’t anything new because the US has suffered from poverty for a while now and we still can’t seem to do anything about it. While other countries do have problems with poverty‚ they most likely don’t have poverty issues quite like the US which has the highest poverty rate of any developed country. America has always
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Poverty‚ the lack of money‚ goods‚ and support‚ has been a major problem for many people. There are millions of people in America living in poverty today. There are those that really need help‚ and there are those who can support themselves but choose not to. Where there is poverty‚ there is welfare. The financial help of people in need‚ welfare‚ has been around for quite some time. Some of the basic programs offered for those who apply for a welfare program in America are health care‚ food stamps
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Poverty: A Growing Problem in America When you hear the word poverty what comes to mind? One might think of poverty as the poor or the less fortunate. Some may even say deprivation is a great adjective to describe poverty. Others may say something a little more vulgar and go as far as calling people of poverty trash. Well according to the Social Work Dictionary‚ poverty is the state of being poor and deficient in money or means of subsistence. Other definitions similarly stress the link between
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about poverty. What is new‚ however‚ is that we have the resources to get rid of it.” There are more than 46 million people dealing with poverty today in America and the poverty rate increases every day. However‚ did you know how poverty plays a huge part in America’s problems? Poverty plays into problems we see in America today because there is crime‚ health issues‚ and damaged communities. Crime is a major problem in America and it all leads back to poverty. In the words of Aristotle‚ “Poverty is
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United States of America] will be forgotten no longer‚” (Trump‚ 2017) but who are the forgotten Americans? Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack may have an answer; “I just sometimes think rural America is a forgotten place” (Vilsack‚ 2016). This might explain Trump’s victory in the Electoral College‚ as the many of the states he won were in the predominantly rural Midwest. Evidently‚ rural America was seeking someone to solve the issue of rural poverty. The causes of rural poverty are apparent
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Poverty in America More than forty-five million people‚ or 14.5% of Americans today are living below the federal poverty line. As we know twenty-two percent of wealth is owned by only one percent of the population. This means that only 78 percent of Americas wealth is distributed throughout the upper middle class‚ lower middle class‚ working poor‚ etc. According to Frank Holmes a person that is apart of the 1% has to earn at least $521‚ 411. While a family of four that is considered to be living
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In the last several years‚ the poverty rate has increased throughout America. In 2015 a whopping 43.1 million people ascended into poverty (ObamaCare). 14.5 percent of Americans lived below the poverty line‚ which was $24‚250 for a family of four in 2015. In fact‚ 6.1 percent of people fell below half the poverty line‚ which is $12‚125 for a family of four in 2015 (ObamaCare). As a result‚ many Americans suffer from malnutrition‚ and a lack of good health and education‚ which has a big effect on
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Poverty is defined as the shortage of common things such as food‚ clothing‚ shelter and safe drinking water‚ all of which determine quality of life. In 2007‚ the family poverty rate and the number of families in poverty were 9.8% and 7.6 million. For Hispanics‚ 21.5% were in poverty‚ non Hispanic whites 8.2%‚ blacks 24.5% and Asians 10.2. There are many factors that cause poverty‚ such as education‚ unemployment and health. Education is a factor of poverty because its a way of life and opportunity
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Poverty in America Compared to other countries‚ the U.S. may resemble a utopia. Although the United States may appear to be magnificent‚ the country possesses flaws of its own. The U.S. broadcasts the successes of its society‚ rather than exuding the real problems within America. Several citizens fail to realize that poverty truly does exists in the United States. The development of ghettoes in the United States continues to rise. A major cause for places such as East St. Louis to exist
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Although poor people are often stereotyped as lazy‚ 83 percent of children from low-income families have at least one employed parent; close to 60 percent have at least one parent who works full-time and year-round (National Center for Children in Poverty‚ 2004). In fact‚ the severe shortage of living-wage jobs means that many poor adults must work two‚ three‚ or four jobs. According to the Economic Policy Institute (2002)‚ poor working adults spend more hours working each week than their wealthier
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