By: TJ W.
A
controversial topic in the U.S. right now is poverty. A major factor in the
poverty percentage of 15.1% recorded in 2011 is that many U.S. citizens are
unemployed. Many people say that it isn’t something to worry about because it
is their fault for being poor. What people fail to understand is that the lower
the poverty level, the better our country is as a whole. American citizens that
are poor are either born into it, or they have made mistakes that have gotten
them there. Everyone deserves a second chance in life, and if we can help them
get out of poverty to create a better place and a more successful country, then
let’s take action.
In 2011 the unemployment rate of America stood at a
staggering 8.9 percent. The national rate for food insecurity has risen to
almost 15 percent within the last two years. If we keep doing nothing about
this situation, the poor are only going to get poorer, and the wealthy are
going to keep getting wealthier if they don’t start slipping. American citizens
that are born into poverty do not have a say in any of this. They do not have
the money to attend schools, they can’t afford clothes, they cannot shower, and
most importantly they live day to day because they don’t know if they will have
food on the table every night. Most students that are associated with poverty
that have the luxury of attending school, have to miss many days because they
are required to work whenever they can to help their family. As a result from
little to no school, these young American children suffer from developmental
delays or learning disabilities. The disturbing thing about the effect of
poverty on children is that they are starting their lives in a bad environment.
An American child should be born into a world of endless opportunities, but the
second that they are born into a poor family, many of those opportunities slip
away. This is why we need to help the poor, who knows what some of these kids
can turn out to be when they have the right education, and they don’t have to
worry about living day to day.
The first step in reducing this
country wide hunger (which is a large problem in poor homes) is by supplying
free and reduced priced meals to millions of students that live in a low-income
household. This will allow the students to put all of their other thoughts
aside and just focus on schoolwork. People across the nation are donating to
the clean water crisis. The second leading cause of death in young adults is
from bad drinking water. With a donation, this foundation will donate clean
drinking water to the less fortunate. People are also taking action in medical
care, by going to rural places in the country where citizens can’t afford
medical aid and they provide it to them free of charge.
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