Issues With Poverty

The country has a lot of issues, whether it be political, racial or immigration problems. However, I think that the biggest problem in the country is poverty. Many people, and their families live in poverty and gets little to no help, whatsoever. They don’t get paid much to help and feed themselves or their families. As averaged from 2013 to 2015, California had America's 17th-highest poverty rate, 15 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. I’m glad that I’m lucky enough to have a family that works to have a meal in the table three times a day, but I also think about how others aren’t the “lucky ones.” I want to open up a food bank as my business to help contribute the poverty level in California, which is perfect because California is

If children live in poverty or can’t obtain any food to eat, their future will have major consequences to come. “Poverty can affect every aspect of a child’s development, limiting their social, educational and personal development” (http://www.gateshead.gov.uk). They can’t focus in the work, suffer through poor health, less likely to have a good jobs as adults, more likely to leave school before high school graduation, and less likely to have major opportunities. They are more likely to stay at home, working to try and help their families without having an opportunity await them. Crime is also a negative effect to people that goes through poverty. “Teenagers living in a family where the head of the household was unemployed were also more likely to participate in criminal behavior. Even poor individuals with ‘low risk’ backgrounds were more likely to engage in violence. This means that for certain types of young people, living in a poor household increases their risk of engaging in violence beyond what one would expect” (https://borgenproject.org). If crime goes up thanks to poverty, it would be a much bigger issue to not the community, but the nation. Crime was already a big problem, imagine if it went

The people who are commonly in poverty are usually young and new families. They have a rough start and will have trouble getting three meals a day for them, which is where our food bank will have them over. The most common races in Oakland, California are African Americans and Latinos, and because of their backgrounds, my food bank will help them out massively. Also, immigrants who come into this country have trouble adjusting to the country. Resources would be tough because of their illegal status. The food bank will help them worry less about