Promotion and Perpetuation of Poverty in the United States
# 1Because the poor can not get their basic needs for life, they cannot improve their well-being; therefore, our society as a whole cannot efficiently move in new directions. Studies by the International Center for Eradicating Poverty show that in third world countries the primary cause of poverty stems from the effects of natural disasters, the lack of uniform infrastructure, corruption, centralized government power, lack of knowledge, employment skills, education and resources.
With our rising rates of unemployment and homelessness and lack of education, America and a number of other countries are diving into poverty. With worldwide involvement and unlimited financial and human resources, our country and numerous others could take a sizable step in fixing these problems.
A young boy sits on the side of the road wearing tattered clothes, covered in dirt, inhaling a half-eaten sandwich he pulled out of a nearby dumpster. He resorts to drugs to abate his hunger and becomes a gang member for protection; he is tired of the other boys beating him up at night. Forced to steal and beg to stay alive, to bathe in a fountain, to grow up so fast, and to witness the underbelly of society, the root of his problems - his parental circumstances - has long since faded from his memory. His parents worked at a car factory for the first few years of his life. Though they earned very little in the assembly line and were in immense debt, they somehow managed to afford a small shack and food. Unfortunately, this boy 's parents worked in the SUV department of the factory, and when the gas prices increased their branch of the company was shut down due to the lack of demand for the formerly popular "gas guzzlers." Soon, they found themselves unable to buy the necessities of life and were forced to live on the streets and eat when they could at a shelter. They tried desperately to find other jobs to help support their family, but without a high school diploma it seemed impossible.
With our rising rates of unemployment and homelessness and lack of education, America and a number of other countries are diving into poverty. With worldwide involvement and unlimited financial and human resources, our country and numerous others could take a sizable step in fixing these problems.
A young boy sits on the side of the road wearing tattered clothes, covered in dirt, inhaling a half-eaten sandwich he pulled out of a nearby dumpster. He resorts to drugs to abate his hunger and becomes a gang member for protection; he is tired of the other boys beating him up at night. Forced to steal and beg to stay alive, to bathe in a fountain, to grow up so fast, and to witness the underbelly of society, the root of his problems - his parental circumstances - has long since faded from his memory. His parents worked at a car factory for the first few years of his life. Though they earned very little in the assembly line and were in immense debt, they somehow managed to afford a small shack and food. Unfortunately, this boy 's parents worked in the SUV department of the factory, and when the gas prices increased their branch of the company was shut down due to the lack of demand for the formerly popular "gas guzzlers." Soon, they found themselves unable to buy the necessities of life and were forced to live on the streets and eat when they could at a shelter. They tried desperately to find other jobs to help support their family, but without a high school diploma it seemed impossible.
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