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What Are The Causes Of Poverty In America

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The booming economy is causing the middle class to migrate towards suburbs. The problem with this is that with them moving away from the cities it leaves only the less fortunate people in unkept housing with no money to provide relief. America is turning into a nation of urban slums, desperate rural poverty, and discrimination. The people that will be most affected by this are black immigrants, Hispanic Americans, Native americans, and the uninsured elderly. Since president Eisenhower has been in office, there has been a decrease in poverty but still the bulk of the poverty is in the south. The poor live in a culture of poverty, meaning that they get sick more often and longer than anyone else, they lose wages and work and find it difficult
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