Poverty Is A Natural Element Of Society - 1515 Words

Will the poor every be able to break away from incomes that hardly put food on their tables? Sadly, the answer is probably not. Society’s current social structure promotes the constant financial growth of the rich and other hand, limits the growth of the poor. This current system is making poor feel worthless because of the inability to escape the cycle of poverty. Poverty is a natural element of society. It has become so open in the American culture that in order to eliminate it would require significant change from both ends of the socio-economic spectrum. United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the world with high inequality in the nation.. Inequality exists in wealth, power, income and education (Poverty Statistics: USA†¦show more content†¦There is a wide gender, race and ethnic difference present according to the 2014 statists. According to the 2014 statics, Child Poverty Rate is 21.1%, African American Poverty Rate is 26.2%, White Poverty Rate is 10.1 %, Native American Poverty Rate is 28.3%, People with Disabilities Poverty Rate is 28.5% and Hispanic Poverty Rate is 23.6% (Poverty Basic Statistics, 2014). As millions of Americans continue to struggle in a slow economy, a growing portion of the country says that poverty is caused by circumstances beyond individual control (Seth, W. 2011). According to the article by Seth, (2011), 20 years ago, majority of the public opinion poll respondent said that poverty was caused by â€Å"people not doing enough. According to the 2014 statistics, 47 percent of respondents say that poverty is due to other factors, which are not in individual’s control and could have been caused by lack of government responsibility (Poverty Basic Statistics, 2014). There have been also programs implemented to help the less fortunate. Programs such as Food stamps, housing assistance and social security are programs that have helped or trying to help lower the high risk of poverty. These programs have he lped but are not enough to eliminate poverty. From the macro level perspective, it is hard to choose a stand between conservative and liberal because they both have their part for poverty in America. Neither of that side is perfect; however if I would have to really