The main thing that shows the weakness in the government is poverty. Poverty don’t only affect the ones in it but it also affects the taxpayers as well. To start off with communities with low-income have more accidents at the work place than any other community. To go along with that the crime rates are higher causing more people to go to jail. Also kids who are in places of poverty tend to lag behind their peers who are well keep. You may think that poverty don’t affect you but it affects you in more ways than just one.
It’s hard to find a job in a poverty community and the jobs you do have very dangerous hazards. During the 2016/2017 working year around 679,116 non-fatal injured workers checked into a local hospital. Just take the “Building collapse in Bangladesh” for example. The workers new the building was unsafe but they needed the money to help provide for their families. On April 24th 2013 over 1,000 people died during the building collapse. Just think about the kids they had, what were they going to do with them? They couldn’t send them to family members because their families are more than likely in poverty to, so they had to send them to foster homes. At the Foster homes kid are feed and took care of until the child gets adopted, but where does the money for this come from? The government take some of the taxes we pay for and gives it to the foster homes to take care and provide food for the children.
To go along beside that, approximately 2,500 bodies were
More than 3 billion people are living in poverty across the world, among those an estimated 43.1 million people in America are living in poverty. There are many causes of poverty, but mass incarceration is one of the most prominent ones. When people get out of prison or jail, they have a very low chance of getting a job and finding a home because they have the label of being a criminal. People tend to explain poverty especially poverty in America is that people are lazy and do not want to work, but that is not the reason at all. The government is ultimately responsible for distinguishing who is in poverty and what measures are going to be done to help those people get assistance. But because people do not particularly talk about this
There are numerous ways in which underperforming governmental institutions fail their citizenry. Institutions can fail in regards to education, economics, the military/police, religion, the social sphere, and through institutional
The Articles of Confederation were the first attempt of the American people to make a national government. The Articles of Confederation served as the first constitution of the United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation a legislative Congress was the only part of the government. Even though the legislative Congress was the only part of the government, it had no power to force states to do anything against their will. This made the government extremely weak since it was not able to force states to follow laws that were passed or pay taxes.
One of the biggest problems with some sort of a government is that they tend to spend the money on things that would not benefit their country. As in the Gilded Age many people were incredibly poor or filthy rich. Many of the rich people were in the government such as the president. When this occurs it means that the government is hoarding the money of themselves and not helping the people. It’s the same thing today in America and especially other countries who starve their people.
Poverty, a common problem in the US and yet, something that people consistently overlook. We are often unaware of the magnitude of poverty in the U.S and sometimes even disregard it. People living in destitution are at greater risk for behavioral and mental problems. Children or Teens who live in poverty are prone to poor academic achievements, become school dropouts , or grow subject to abuse or neglect. People in poverty also occasionally show signs of anxiety and depression.
Over the past years poverty has become more common in America, affecting millions of Americans. There are two types of poverty: absolute poverty and relative poverty. According to Merriam-Webster (2017), Absolute poverty is not having any basic human needs to survive, in the other hand, relative poverty is not having enough money or resources like others in society do. Poverty is caused by lack of money, jobs, and education.
As you can see, there are more than the basics of poverty. These poor people struggle on a daily basis to provide the needs of themselves and their family. Poverty affects adults and their children in so many ways. I believe that poverty should be one of the main focuses of America. I have deep sorrow for these people doing whatever they can to make money. I think that poverty needs to be decreased in the United States. I don’t know how the people in poverty do it. They have a weight that they are carrying on their shoulders that they shouldn’t. It’s time for a change.
The United States defines poverty for a family of four as being less than $16,036 per year, or $4,009 per person (Leone 12). People find themselves under this line for an innumerable amount of reasons. Some of these causes are under one's control and others are greater factors beyond an individual's power. Each family or individual person has unique and separate reasons for living in a state poverty. There is no way to try and define them all. Focusing in, three main topics arise that encompass the most predominant reasons for a person to fall into poverty. Education, family life and influence, along with the business cycle may work individually or together to cause poverty. These three leading
Our current government is an intricate and well-thought-out process that is corrupted by self-centered, cynical people. The government has been through many events and obstacles, including the previous time when we were under the Articles of Confederation, which were proclaimed to be too weak. The Great Depression was also a dark time, under the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt the county was able to find its way out, and revenue generated from the war helped enormously. The amount of leadership changed both has helped and occasionally hurt, no matter how qualified the people in Office were at the time. Of course, the government hasn’t always had virtuous people solely participating, but with the right moves the people of this country can change that.
The provision that show why the government is little and weak when it should be strong is located in Article I Section 8. This section states powers that are reserved not to the federal government, but to the states and the people. The States must comply with laws passed by Congress only if the laws don’t violate Constitution. If the laws are unconstitutional, the States can freely pay no attention to them. This is quoted in section 8 clause 17:
Poverty in America is one of the longest fought battles in America along with homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, racism and immigration. Poverty is the state or condition of having little to no money, goods, or means of support. Some causes of poverty vary from lack of employment, lack of education, Economic changes, and mental / physical disabilities. While suffering from poverty, it is hard to be a part of society. One may even debate that political, social, and cultural factors can also contribute to the causes of poverty. The voices of poverty go unheard on a daily basis. Welfare, food stamps, wic and other government assistance programs are designed to help those that live
Poverty rates in the U.S. have increased by 4percent since the 1960s reaching 15.1percent. As a result of such poverty, many families are having difficulty living and continuing their education. The U.S. has tried to get the poverty rates to drop by creating social security, financial aid, and welfare. Poverty causes a major problem not only in the U.S., but all over the world. Poverty causes many families to struggle to survive; 88 million people live in absolute poverty, while nearly 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 and some even less at $1.25 a day, which is not nearly enough for your average family. There are many causes for poverty, including but not limited to, education, environmental issues, sexually transmitted diseases, lack of money, and overpopulation.
Poverty is “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor” (Dictionary.com, 2017). Based off this definition poverty is a condition that can cause a cascade of cause and effect actions that is detrimental to families and individuals both physically and mentally. Haan, Kaplan, & Camacho (2017) completed a study on the correlation between social and economic status and health in adults in Oakland, CA. They found that the lower the socioeconomic class the higher incidents of diseases and deaths related to chronic diseases (p.1161-1162). Just being without money or little money was not the only indication of health indication, a person living in an area with higher poverty issues
“The reasons poverty rates remain high despite the [economic] recovery has to do with wage decline and failure of the “safety net” i.e, the government systems of taxes and transfers designed
Poverty can lead to serious effects. Children who grow up in poverty are likely to have frequent health problems than the children who grow in better financial circumstances. For example, infants who are born into poverty have a low birth weight, and they grow up with mental or physical disabilities. Not only are they sick, but they are most likely to die before their first birthday. Children who are raised in poverty might miss school often because of their illnesses, and they have a much higher accident rate than the other children. Nearly a billion of the world’s population can’t read nor write. Poor families experience stress much more than a normal family does. They are more likely to be exposed to negative events such as illness, job loss, death of a family member, and depression. Homelessness is another effect of poverty. Homeless children are less likely to receive proper nutrition, protection and they experience more health problems. Around 1.4 million children die each year from lack of access to safe and clean water and proper nutrition. Homeless women experience a high rate of low birth weight infants as well as miscarriages. Families who do not have homes receive much more stress than other families. They also have disruption in school, work, friendships, and family relationships. There are other effects of poverty such as drug abuse and addiction, child and woman abuse, debts pressure, and increase in crimes.