Argumentative Essay On Poverty

President Lyndon Baines Johnson launched the “war on poverty” during his speech at the State of the Union address in 1964. During this address his goal was to encourage everyone to join forces and to believe that ending poverty was possible. The 50th anniversary of this speech has brought various debates whether the plan instilled worked or failed and how much is the governments responsibility. One side feels the war was a success and notes the improvement made for many Americans and what could have transpired if this war was not declared. The other side will state that the war implemented failed although money was invested and that poverty is a social problem. They suggest that poverty and malnutrition existed in the 60s-70s but is not the case today. However, the war has not ended since poverty still exists fifty years later so changes need to be made.

Recent research conducted by the University of Florida concluded that American poverty can be effectively eradicated by throwing every poor person into a gaping, massive chasm. "The idea is simple really. All we have to do is load up all of the 45 million Americans living at or below the poverty line onto dump trucks and splash! It's over," said Dr. Lycanborough, director of the project. "We just need a big fucking hole." The plan calls for rounding up "every one of the impoverished useless bastards" and offloading them in a hole of unspecified size and location. "The main point is to cut the fat from the American economy. The single mom working four jobs to keep her children fed, the dad who has been unemployed for a year who wants to improve his children's quality of life, etc. You know, the dregs of our society," stated Dr. Furshentien, a collaborator and principal researcher behind the data.

Poverty is the result of man’s greed. Just like how guilt is the result of all evil. When a man wants more, another will suffer. This is a similar act as how evil arises from unatoned sins, when guilt builds up, it will burst, and evil will be replaced. Just like how there is no single root to guilt, there is no single root to poverty. However by understanding the historical circumstances and reality of particular countries, there are significant trends in the causes of poverty.

This paper begins by providing key terms for the situation. Next important positions are outlined and supported. Providing a more thorough explanation of these important positions, opposing positions will not be discussed. My paper concludes with suggestion for action and possible direction for future open discussion of poverty and hopefully awakens consciousness amongst compatriots of the seriousness of this socioeconomically driven problem. Poverty has always been very much present in American society, yet it seems to not be a moral urgency. As suggested by research the cost of living required to live in states such as California, New York,

Many politicians and researchers want to consider poverty a demographic or racial issue. Historically minorities such as African Americans and Hispanics have had higher poverty rates than white, non-Hispanics. These numbers get more interesting when you factor in geography. Poverty rates are much higher in rural areas, the Southern U.S., and the Midwest (Pedace, 2004). This data suggests that there are multiple factors when considering the causes of poverty. While race is certainly a factor, an individual could easily jump to other conclusions when trying to find a root cause of poverty. It would be easy to rationalize that economic hardships have almost as much to do with lack of opportunity, low education levels, and no discernible job skills as they do with race or ethnicity.

In the world over, there is one thing that one cannot miss to know; poverty. It is something that has troubled the countries in the world for many years and that has been something whose solution has not been up to the present time. Poverty has become part of the discussion of leadership on how to eliminate it since it appears everywhere. That means that it is something that basically all people in the world know and given its nature, none of them wishes to be part of it (Blake, 2002). However, the story is different because of the seven billion people on earth, currently the greatest percentages of people are wallowing in extreme poverty. The issues here are so grave and it may be here to stay owing to the fact that it has been in the center stage for thousands of years.

One of the most disputed topics in politics today, is how unemployment will be lowered. Among the four the articles to presented “The War Against the Poor Instead of Programs to End Poverty”, by Herbert Gans, “Culture of Success”, by Brink Lindsey, “Born Poor and Smart”, by Angela Locke, and “A Great Time to Be Alive?”, by Matt Yglesias, Gans’ article and Yglesias’ article does the best elaborating what has caused poverty, the misconceptions of the impoverished and how we can solve this exponential problem. While, Lindsey’s and Locke’s articles provide little to no beneficial information on how to solve the poverty rate, and only elaborate how this problem is occurring. Gans’ and Yglesias’ articles have shown that they are significantly more informational and enhance their articles with better claims and evidence than Lindsey’s and Locke’s articles.

1. We investigated the impact that poverty has on children with disabilities and their families. What core concepts come to mind when you think of our activities and readings? (Think of One Child, class activities, etc.) How will these concepts guide your instruction and interaction with families?

During the mid-1970s economic growth had tied into the falling poverty rates. If the United States would have upheld that compromise, then poverty would have been eradicated in the 1980s. However, it is affecting Americans because it means longer working hours but, still are becoming poorer and less economically secure. Drastically over the years poverty has changed and it is not for the good either. Many people think that it will not affect them, it will later in the time. Reasons for that is because it will continue to grow larger and larger. The goal to end poverty by 2030 now seems impossible due to the growth there is every day. The access to good schools, healthcare, electricity, safe water and other critical services remain elusive for many people. Especially when they are determined by seriocomic status, gender, ethnicity, and geography. (Leary, M.K ,2016)

There are many people who live in poverty, with access to very few resources, reducing their ability to find any way out of this lifestyle. One of the goals in the Millennium Development Goals created by the UN, which expired in 2015, is to completely eradicate extreme poverty. The first target was to halve the number of people in the word who earn less than $1.25 per day. According to the UN’s reports this was accomplished five years ahead of 2015, which meant that they had been effective in accomplishing this part of the goal. However, this does not mean that people are earning much higher than the said amount. If people are still earning around this amount, they have not escaped from poverty, meaning there are still many who are in the depth of poverty. The next target, which is derived from the first one, was to increase significantly the number of people with a more productive work, that is more easier and decent for all people, men and women alike. This target had not been achieved as the number of teens to young adults working had gone down from five out of ten to four out of ten. The main root of this problem is said to have been due to the economic crisis between 2008 and 2009. Although the percentage of people working for an amount higher than $1.25 per day has increased, the number of people working around the age group previously said has only decreased, which is a downturn towards reaching the goal for decreased poverty levels. The next target for achieving

Have you ever traveled to a beautiful place and it looked almost exactly like the picture you’ve seen on the internet. But as you kept walking and encounter all the things that matters but weren’t shown. As you see all those people begging for a couple dollars. Little kids in dirty clothes running to get water for their parents while they should be in school. As you keep walking and witnessing all the horrible things that weren’t shown to the world. Seeing a mother buying her daughter a small meal and refusing to eat when her daughter offered her a bite. You cried inside because you couldn’t do much for all those people but give a couple dollar. People around the world but also right here in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois, need our help. According to the article Increases in Perceived Seriousness of Poverty and Homelessness: Global Poll, “ In 12 of the 24 countries polled, the perceived seriousness of poverty and homelessness has either increased or remained stable at a high level since the question was last fielded in 2012.” So many people are in poverty and so many of them are unable to get help. I used this realistic story to discuss the issue of poverty and how so many of us are not doing anything to help. We as young people needs to eliminate poverty because it infects education, health, and attitude.We can help decrease poverty with your help. You can donate money to foundations that help people in poverty. The school can help by instead of throwing leftover

Poverty is a social problem that affects every one of us on an economic, political and social level. The problem of human suffering is one that we must overcome strategically on many levels. According to the United Nations, “in 2015 more than one billion people around the world live in a state of poverty, lacking the basic goods food, clothing, and shelter that humans need to survive” (“Poverty”). There are a great number of areas that keep individuals poor, such as lack of resources, inadequate income, lack of education, language barriers and the high cost of child care. Being able to work and provide basic necessities is our basic human right and we should not be deprived of these basic human rights that individuals need in order to live satisfying lives. The government has the responsibility of helping individuals in need with the economic assistance to feed, clothe, house, educate, provide health care and decent wages for every individual. They should ensure that individuals have access to resources that will help them build a better future. There are several ways that we can work together to strategically find solutions to end inequality among the poor individuals in our society.

Did you know that over 825,000,000 people in the world live in poverty today? They live in a situation where struggling for food seems like an everyday chore, or simply going to the doctor’s office is an impossible task. To many of us, this could be important to us if we wanted to contribute to stopping this issue. To myself, with all the natural disasters and tragedies that are going on around the world, I feel towards this situation as a person. For example, Hurricane Irma hitting the state of Florida has impacted many lives there, and the bombings in Paris has injured many different people. I have done research and work on this topic for years, including writing High School essays, working on College speeches, and looking through many different credible sources related to World Poverty. This is an issue that must be solved, and if we all contribute, more people can have the chance to live. What we need to know is: what poverty is and its potential causes, examples of countries where this issue is affected the most, and what we can do to help.

Is it believable to think there is a country where no one is wealthy, where people struggle each and every day just to make it to the next? Sadly, this is true, and the name of this country is Madagascar. The poverty in Madagascar makes life more than just a struggle. The income for people is close to nothing, the poverty is leaving millions struggling, and lastly, kids are being impacted greatly from the troubles others are creating. While there has been some advancements, poverty has dug a very deep hole and Madagascar is at the bottom of it.

The definition and viewing of poverty is a topic that many find highly debatable and close to the heart. Poverty is what most people see as not having enough to live on, and struggling to get anything more. Race and location are often looked at in conjunction to poverty. The author of the first article, McMillian, focuses on redefining poverty to a general audience by limiting her word choice and choosing a more personal appeal to the intended audience. In the other article, the authors Fram, Miller-Cribbs, and Van Horn write for an expert audience of social workers to frame the cause of achievement gap in U.S. southern schools by increasing their credibility through specialized language and resources. By examining the specialized language