Jacob Whisnant's Make It Rain

Poverty has been a consistent problem throughout history. No matter what the income, unemployment or overall prosperity level is, there will always be people who are homeless and hungry. Some of the main reasons poverty is a consistent problem is because of poor economy, lack of affordable housing ,lack of education, medical expenses and drug use.

In America, poverty will always be present. I think that disparity is the only guarantee in life. The "socio-economic system" is not unjust. With disparity comes the problem. I think that the lack of skill training to life requirements, not just for job skills, but for basic life training, creates our own standards or lack of standards in our lives. These basic life skills were once taught in our schools but have since disappeared, leaving our future generations without necessary tools to achieve a better life. The kids are left to learn from their parents or from others on the street. This does not allow for any growth or improvement and only creates more and more disparity.

Everyone around the world is affected by poverty, in the article, “Poverty is the mother of crime” and the author Marcus Aurelius states, “About 25,000 people die every day in the world due to hunger” (jstor). Poverty began with the Great Depression after the stock market crashed in 1929. Slavery, military, and colonization all played a big part on how poverty all started. (jstor) Poverty is a lifelong cycle passed down from generation to generation. Low incomes and parents going on unemployment make children unable to attend school. Some children have work to provide an for their family. Children who are able to go to school, don’t realize how hard other kids have it. Since the 1960s the

While numbers and statistics may change, poverty itself does not. It has been around for as long as one can remember and will be here for many more to come.

In the early 19th century, over 90 percent of the world was living in absolute poverty. Today that figure is 14 percent. From just 1981 to 2011, the poverty rate decreased by 67 percent. Half of those living in the poorer nations of the world three decades ago were living in extreme poverty. By 2012, that number had fallen to 21 percent. In the last two

Poverty is an issue that has affected society since civilization was first created. Even with a globalized economy and economic opportunity prevalent nearly everywhere, there is still a vast majority of people who live in financial strain. According to recent information obtained by the World Bank, “10.7% of the world’s population live on less than US $1.90 a day”(World Bank 2013). In the United States considered the wealthiest nation on Earth, the poverty rate is 12.7% which is 40.6 million people(US Census Bureau 2016). Though some people are in poverty because of their own choices, poverty is a result of structural institutional practices in place.

Currently more than 46 million people are impoverished. Poverty exists because the economic system is organized in ways that make the wealth, wealthier at one end and creates conditions that make poverty inevitable at the other. The economic system creates poverty in other ways such as the drive for profit. The economy will set value higher for competition. Competition motivates companies and management to gain control on cost. It makes it a common choice to move jobs from countries to countries where labor is cheaper and workers are neutral about working in poor conditions. Decision making also has terrible effects on millions and millions of people, families and communities. Having a full time job cannot guarantee of a decent income, which is why so many families depend on the two or more earnings from jobs or other adults just to make a living. Battling between work and families also brings a dilemma to families and decision making. For instance, divorce is increasing resulting in large numbers of single parent with families who have a hard time depending on themselves for taking care of their child or children and a living income. “A separate issue that contagiously attempts to measure trends in poverty and income levels more generally is difficult of measuring changes in the cost of living (Feldstein,

Over three billion people live on less than two dollars and fifty cents a day. That's almost half the population of mankind. But poverty is not just about not having enough money, it's about not being able to obtain, basic human needs. Around the world people lack such necessities, like clean water, food, suitable clothing, etc. It’s because a person is not well suited to today’s society, it creates a large gap between the fortunate and those who struggle to survive.

Poverty has increased tremendously over the last decade in many countries, developed or less developed. Poverty can be caused by many different factors,

People throughout the world have different lifestyles. Living standard is so dramatically different from country to country. It means that the way of living is not really similar in comparison. Some people are living in a very poor situation while other people are living in a good situation or in a privileged family.

James Taylor’s Fire and Rain, released in February of 1970, discusses and confronts several problems of the era. Within the first stanza, the death of a friend named Suzanne is discussed. This parallels other themes mentioned in later stanzas about drugs and depression, as well as new found fame and fortune and the booming celebrity scene at the time. James Taylor’s song brings to light many taboo subjects of its time period; suicide, drug addiction, and depression. Specifically, drug abuse in this era (1960’s-70’s) is on the rise. James Taylor was previously a drug addict and expresses his feelings toward the subject in his song. This also touches slightly on the subject of the first stanza about death and thinking one will see a friend again; many drug users at the time lost their lives to their addictions.

“It’s possible that poverty is less grueling' today: 'First... the cost of many goods... has fallen, Second, people... have children later in life,' and 'Third... commonly used inflation measures' may 'result in... high estimates of the real-world cost” (Edsall, 2015, para. 4). It is also easy to blame the whole thing on the “dependency theory (Emmanuel, 1972; Frank, 1966, 1979; Ghosh, 2001), which argues that the poverty of some countries is a consequence of their exploitation by wealthy states, which control the global capitalist system” (Chambliss & Eglitis, 2016, p. 193). This could be used as an excuse to not fight for, or try to gain wealth. The thought could be, if the planet is already being overworked of resources some people must remain poor to balance its

Poverty is a global issue that has been at the forefront of economic debate for over a century. Left wing politicians and anti-poverty organisations around the world still adamantly fight for a more equal economic split, pointing towards research showing the disadvantages poverty creates for those living in it. This research has grown rapidly since the 1970’s and many different factors have been targeted in the attempt to examine the

My book is about, David Rain an 18 year old man who is a tenant of the Elizabeth Pennykettle house, with her 11 year old daughter Lucy Pennykettle and the pet cat Bonnington. Potter Elizabeth makes a clay dragon for David as a welcome gift, David names him Gadzooks. David finds out from Lucy the squirrels near their yard and knows of her favourite 1 named Conker that has an injured eye. This makes him and Lucy. figure out how he got hurt, why he ran away and protect the squirrel even from their rodent, hater, neighbor, Mr.Bacon. While David is figuring this out, he gets

The questions of whether poverty is the result of institution or perhaps a byproduct of “laws of nature” is quite a complex one. Backers of both arguments have extensively argued for their respective stance on the matter. Further complications arise from the fact that not all the backers agree on what constitutes certain concepts of interests, such as happiness. Defining a cutoff point for poverty throughout a country, and even more so, in the world also challenges…. Additionally, the same people might not possess complete information due to various circumstances. Nevertheless, they can still have valid and useful information which could be improved upon to investigate the question of the root of poverty.