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- 1. Poverty in United States
- 2. Who/What is Poverty • Definition:The state of being extremely poor • The US determines poverty based on income compared to money required to raise families of various sizes • Majority: In 2010, 27.4% of African Americans and 26.4% of Hispanics were poverty stricken • Single moms have the highest poverty rate at 31.6%
- 3. Where is poverty concentrated? • Poverty is concentrated in major cities • Major cities are larger markets thus drawing in more businesses and jobs but the supply of workers is greater than the demand of jobs • Regional wise Poverty is concentrated in the South
- 4. Why is there Poverty • Outsourcing of jobs has disposed of many good paying jobs to other countries • Capitalism- most Americans are in the Working Class • Issues with the government and their spending/debt • Rich get richer, poor get poorer
- 5. Comparing US to UK on Poverty • US: 1 in 6 live in poverty compared to 1 in 5 in the UK • Similar Child Poverty statistics (among leaders in Child Poverty in Industrialized Countries) • Both have national organizations to help prevent poverty and help those in need
- 6. Solutions to Poverty • National Law Center on Homeless and Poverty - Create housing options for the homeless, provide aid for the poor, and use laws to help assist the poor (http://www.nlchp.org) • Oxfam - United Kingdom’s counterpart to the NLCHP, which helps put food on the table and find housing for the poor along with many other relative actions to Human Rights (http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk)
- 7. Other Solutions • GoodWill - Take donations from people to give to poor who can’t afford things such as clothes or furniture ( http://www.goodwill.org)
- 8. What can I do? • Donate money to organizations that assist in poverty help • Donate old clothes (Hand-me-downs) to places like Goodwill • Give spare change to needy homeless people • Offer to buy a homeless person a warm meal
- 9. Works Cited • "Why Is There Poverty?." Allan G Johnson. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. < http://www.agjohnson.us/essays/poverty/>. • "National Poverty Center | University of Michigan." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. < http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/>. • "National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty - Home Page." National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty - Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. <http://www.nlchp.org>. • "." BBC News. BBC, 3 Jan. 2005. Web. 25 May 2014. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4307745.stm>.
- 10. Works Cited • "Why Is There Poverty?." Allan G Johnson. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. < http://www.agjohnson.us/essays/poverty/>. • "National Poverty Center | University of Michigan." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. < http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/>. • "National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty - Home Page." National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty - Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. <http://www.nlchp.org>. • "." BBC News. BBC, 3 Jan. 2005. Web. 25 May 2014. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4307745.stm>.