Poverty is everywhere. Poverty affects a large portion of people in the world. Consequently, the lingering issue may never go away completely. Because the poverty line keeps rising,(income ratings) there is an exponentiation of the number of people affected by it. As many would expect, the controversial topic of poverty and how to avoid it has been brought up in political arguments, debates, conferences, etc. But along with these perpetual conversations, comes false solutions, accusations -- myths.
"After 50 years, isn’t it time to declare big government’s war on poverty a failure?" -Senator Marco Rubio. A perfectly stated disclaimer to America’s war on poverty by Senator, and Florida Republican Marco Rubio .The unrelenting problem appears …show more content…
People are opulent, people are unfortunate. People compete naturally, unintentionally, as an economy. But this would never actually condemn or contribute to poverty for an individual. That doesn’t make any sense. What people don’t realize is that America has a high poverty rate due to our gross national product being much higher than other countries. (which is why poverty doesn’t affect them to the degree that it has on America). What this means, is simply that the requirements a.k.a. “basic necessities” to not be considered impecunious in America have risen. While other economies aren’t nearly as competitive. Poverty is not a natural outcome of a competitive economy. Which is a commonly brought up myth when it comes to identifying the causes of poverty. If that were true, then tell me why other European countries experience less poverty than America? Furthermore, spokespersons state that If we really want less poverty, we should adapt to a European-style market and regulations.
Myth #3 depicts that That poverty is caused by the unemployment rate and there should be a full employment policy. It argues that such a policy will be “too costly to consider” It also talks about how this cannot be simply done in a short period of time. Because there has been a decline in the number of poor children attending college, thus, less jobs. It says that for a repair of employment among workers, people need a ‘jump start”. A jump start in the
"After 50 years, isn’t it time to declare big government’s war on poverty a failure?" -Senator Marco Rubio. A perfectly stated disclaimer to America’s war on poverty by Senator, and Florida Republican Marco Rubio .The unrelenting problem appears …show more content…
People are opulent, people are unfortunate. People compete naturally, unintentionally, as an economy. But this would never actually condemn or contribute to poverty for an individual. That doesn’t make any sense. What people don’t realize is that America has a high poverty rate due to our gross national product being much higher than other countries. (which is why poverty doesn’t affect them to the degree that it has on America). What this means, is simply that the requirements a.k.a. “basic necessities” to not be considered impecunious in America have risen. While other economies aren’t nearly as competitive. Poverty is not a natural outcome of a competitive economy. Which is a commonly brought up myth when it comes to identifying the causes of poverty. If that were true, then tell me why other European countries experience less poverty than America? Furthermore, spokespersons state that If we really want less poverty, we should adapt to a European-style market and regulations.
Myth #3 depicts that That poverty is caused by the unemployment rate and there should be a full employment policy. It argues that such a policy will be “too costly to consider” It also talks about how this cannot be simply done in a short period of time. Because there has been a decline in the number of poor children attending college, thus, less jobs. It says that for a repair of employment among workers, people need a ‘jump start”. A jump start in the