The American Dream: Poverty In The United States

When it comes to social policy there are several factors that have to be considered. First, it must be determined what the leading causes of poverty are the United States. Additionally, one can look at previous administrations and their actions to try and beat poverty and how effective they were. In the end, there will have to be recommendation to either continue on with the current policy or create a new one. Initially, one must determine what the main contributing factors are to poverty.

The American Dream, what is it? How do we reach it? Can anyone, even the poor, reach it? The American dream can differ between living a successful life, having children, having money, or even all of the above. It all depends on the goals and preferences of an individual and what they see as their own “American Dream.”

in development, and are not as likely to graduate high school. A shocking number is that every year the child poverty rate persists the nation loses half a trillion dollars. Patti Hassler the Vice President of Communications and Outreach for Children’s Defense says that children of color, who will be the majority of children in American in 2020, continue to be disproportionately poor: 37 percent of Black children and 32 perfect of Hispanic children are poor, contrasted with 12 percent of White children Child poverty has continued to decrease very slowly over the years, but there has been an increase in the amount of Black children who are deemed impoverished. Hassler continues to state that “the younger children are the poorer they are. Nearly

Poverty in America is a difficult topic to speak on; everyone has their own views and experiences on poverty. Certain social trends have impacted the society such as Family Dynamics; The way families are now are a lot different than families of the 1950’s-1960’s, In many cases both adult members of the family are working instead of the traditional husband working to support the family. Even with both members working full time it is still hard to support an average family due to working class wages not adjusting to inflation. Poverty has been increasing at a dramatic rate and the government is supporting more and more people with perverse incentives.

In America, everything ranging from the clothes we wear to the hobbies we enjoy, all seem to revolve around money. The American Dream to me, is to be an American citizen, but also make a lot of money. In America, one has the ability to make more money than imaginable, all it takes is a little hard work. The American Dream is still very much accomplishable, but in modern America today, it is much more difficult to achieve than it used to be.

The word poverty derives from the Latin word paupertāt, which means moderate circumstances. Such a definition best describes the situation for millions of young American students. Throughout American history, poverty and education have gone hand-in-hand for many students. From getting picked on for how the person is dressed (Carson & Murphy, 2011), to not receiving the proper funding need to create a quality school (Gonzales, 2016), the life of an impoverished student is no joking matter.

Poverty affects us all. There are many causes of poverty: born into poverty would be one. Poverty is a growing global issue that not only affect one person, but a country itself because we are all apart of a system. Poverty Trap is the main causes of hunger, mainly in Africa and Asia. According to the article World Food Programme, “People living in poverty cannot afford nutritious food for themselves and their families.

After WW2, USA became the strongest and wealthiest nation. Other countries had to rebuild their cities while the USA was spared from the destruction. USA’s society and business had exceeded the other nations by far. After economic problems were solves and profits rise again, the political and social struggles shifted to survival and civil right, equality and peace.

Q1 Poverty is defined by Parker as living in a smell that never leaves meaning a life with many unfortunate circumstances. Many people perceive poverty as being tired that is looking for ways to fulfill basic needs but hard to achieve for example a poor person cannot meet the medical needs of the family nor support kids for school leading the person to quit the job. Poverty is also perceived as being dirt meaning that poverty makes the person incapable of buying even soap to clean for clothes hence the person resorts for washing clothes without soap or save a piece for the baby diapers. The person can get to work clean but the challenges in him still never get clean in the heart. Poverty is asking for help that is the poor person could barely

Disparity in the Dream “Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it” (Fareed Zakaria). The American Dream, to many Americans, is the notion of going from thousandaire to millionaire.