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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The Effects of Poverty on America All over the world‚ disparities between the rich and poor‚ even in the wealthiest of nations is rising sharply. Fewer people are becoming increasingly “successful” and wealthy while a disproportionately larger population is also becoming even poorer. There are many issues involved when looking at poverty. It is not simply enough (or correct) to say that the poor are poor due to their own (or their government’s) bad governance and management. In fact‚ you could
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American answer to poverty is not to make the poor more secure in their poverty‚ but to reach down and to help them lift themselves out of the ruts of poverty and move with the large majority along the high road of hope and prosperity."() This statement from an old-time Democrat share the role that our government should be playing to abolish poverty is to help those people who can’t afford to raise their kids. And I believe that the most effective way to break the cycle of poverty is to raise the minimum
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Thesis: Mos Def‚ in his song “Mathematics” addresses poverty in America by explaining the systemic issues that not only put black people in poverty‚ but furthermore keep black people in poverty. He does this by frequently alluding to various statistics that exemplify the backwardness of American politics and the effects it has on those living in poverty. Example: “When the average minimum wage is 5.15‚ you best believe you’ve got to find a new grind to get C.R.E.A.M.” Idea: Low wages Concepts: Minimum
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