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    In the online news source, The Atlantic, an article was created entitled “Poverty Is Literally Making People Sick Because They Can’t Afford Food”. In the article, the author, Matthew O’Brien, states that because some people live under the national poverty line then they cannot afford any food. He also states that because they cannot afford as much food, then they always contract illness. He continues by saying that the diseases could be dangerous. He then states that the only way to prevent this

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    Poverty: The effects on Education Poverty has nothing to do with education, right? School is school and we all receive the same education no matter where we attend, right? All children have the same opportunity of the best modern schools no matter of their financial situation, right? The answer is no, no, and no. Poverty has a huge impact on a child’s education, mental stability, and future of financial freedoms. Poverty-stricken communities across America have a constant uphill battle to survive

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    Life of living in poverty Manifesto Imagine waking up one day without no food on the table, the bills are not paid, the electricity is out for months because you did not pay the bills on time? This is the kind of life people living in poverty experience every day off their life. While others wake up knowing they have everything they need.  So, what is the definition of poverty, if you look up the definition of poverty it says” the state of being extremely poor. In this case is every poor person considered

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    Poverty can be defined as absolute and relative allow this is a very debatable definition and has a lot of interpretations. It can be based on a various idea of provisions and the very minimum of survival, this is the impression of absolute poverty. The measuring of absolute poverty is limited to martial deprivation and a price of the basic essentials in life, people that can not afford the basic essentials are deemed to be in absolute poverty, unable to maintain even basic provision levels (Baldock

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    Poverty In Family

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    Poverty in a family can happen for a number of reason. Someone could get laid off, the family may not have enough money, the living standards of the country may be low, the job search could be low and there are thousands of other reasons. But there are about six main types of poverty that all reasons of falling into poverty will go under. The first two set of reasons are situational poverty and generation poverty. Situational poverty is the type of poverty which is caused by a certain event taking

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    Poverty – A Global Phenomenon Poverty is general scarcity or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. It is the condition where people's basic needs for rations, clothing, and protection are not being provided. Poverty is generally of two types. Absolute poverty and Relative poverty. Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the lack of means necessary to meet basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter. Relative poverty occurs when people do not benefit from

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    Causes of Poverty Poverty is always a topic of debate. Do you believe that people are born, inherited, forced, or choose to live in poverty? I have heard that people make wrong choices in life and end up living a life in poverty. I heard that people inherit debt from other family members to help out, but end up losing it all themselves and I heard people blame the government for not helping those in need. There’s many excuses and people to blame for the failures of such a large issue. The question

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    Low minimum wages affects everyday families and lives, more than the average person would think. A small minimum wage could have an very small effect on someone’s life, such as not being able to afford a new pair of boots or that new phone, contradictory to this low wages could also have a very serious effect on someone’s life . Meaning that a parent or single individual could not support their family because a lack of income, it could also mean the difference of living under a safe roof, or living

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    separated into two categories; absolute poverty, and relative poverty. Absolute poverty measures the number of people living below a certain income threshold or the number of households unable to afford certain basic goods and services. Relative poverty measures the extent to which a household’s financial resources falls below an average income threshold for the economy. The “war on poverty” refers to an administration act that was introduced by Lyndon B. Johnson and was passed by congress. The goal

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    Have you been in a stage in your life that leaves not only you but your children as well on the street with nowhere to go? If you’re family is not making enough money and you need assistance from the government, Public Housing may be the thing you need. Public housing are homes that are owned by the government and in some cases by private landlords who give low income citizens a home. Public Housing was created in between the nineteenth and twentieth century in hopes to decrease poverty rates from

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