In this world there is poverty everywhere even in the most powerful countries in the world, like Russia, China and even the United States, where I live today. When I was younger I never would have thought there would be poverty in America but as I have grown I have come to see the results.There are many reasons of poverty in many places, but in america it could simply could be because of job loss a fight from an abusive partner, exorbitant rent increase while on a fixed disability or social security income, or the results of untreated mental. There are so many results, and we need to take action.
With the number of children, adults and families falling into poverty, community and states can take action to regain them a new fulfilling life. Poverty can be defined as a lack of resources and living on sidewalks etc.. ,and
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It’s not just living on the streets or not have a lot of money. Poverty can extend even more than just that, to where there could be some life threatening metal or physical diseases and starvation. Poverty in the United states has been on the rise with in 2015,”* 43.1 or 13.5 million people of the population had incomes that fell below the official definition of poverty in the states”(Poverty in the United States in 2015: In brief SIRS). This is very important to know because if they’re income is going down that can mean they have lost a job or their investment was going down and they were not making money. Plus people with poor incomes pay a price with poor health care, more tax bills. This is one of the many reasons why people in the United states fall into poverties