Poverty In America
Poverty is an issue on a grand scale. People all over the world especially politicians make statements everyday about how they plan to end poverty in their countries but everyday poverty gets worse and worse in those same countries. Poverty isn’t a new issue, yet it is still one of the biggest issues in the world. According to Anup Shah “around the world, in rich and poor nations, poverty has always been present.” (Poverty Around The World, by Anup Shah)
Most people believe that they are poor based on the statistic of their respective countries. Each country bases the state of being poor on different rates at which people make money or their annual income. A lot of people in America believe they are in poverty when they compare themselves to the statistics. Nevertheless, consider this, “almost half the world (over three billion people) live on less than $2.50 a day and at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.” Anup Shah continued. Three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. That is less than one thousand dollars a year. How many people in America would be able to survive on that? One thousand …show more content…
“1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).” Causes Of Poverty, by Anup Shah. Some people ask why these numbers are important. The children of today are the adults of our future. What future will there be if all of the children, our children, die now? Other people say that they don’t want to hear facts like children dying. Of course they don’t want to hear it; no one wants to hear about children dying. Just because people decide to ignore the problem doesn’t mean that the problem goes
Most people believe that they are poor based on the statistic of their respective countries. Each country bases the state of being poor on different rates at which people make money or their annual income. A lot of people in America believe they are in poverty when they compare themselves to the statistics. Nevertheless, consider this, “almost half the world (over three billion people) live on less than $2.50 a day and at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.” Anup Shah continued. Three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. That is less than one thousand dollars a year. How many people in America would be able to survive on that? One thousand …show more content…
“1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).” Causes Of Poverty, by Anup Shah. Some people ask why these numbers are important. The children of today are the adults of our future. What future will there be if all of the children, our children, die now? Other people say that they don’t want to hear facts like children dying. Of course they don’t want to hear it; no one wants to hear about children dying. Just because people decide to ignore the problem doesn’t mean that the problem goes