Culture Of Poverty Research Paper

The government should do more to prevent poverty. To prevent poverty the government should raise the minimum wage, invest in public works infrastructure improvement projects, also reinvest in American education so people are ready to compete in today's highly skilled job market, which involves more government programs and by cutting taxes. Giving people in poverty the education and resources will help them leave poverty and start a better life. The government has a big role in helping people come out of poverty. People who are working at a below minimum wage or minimum wage job work extra hard to provide food for their family. They spend all of their time working which causes them to neglect their kids. Infrastructure will create more jobs for the people and help our economy for the better. More government programs will also help people in poverty by educating them so in the future they can make better …show more content…
In the article “The Culture of Poverty”, Sudhir Venkatesh mentions that “the family structure in most inner-city communities is so weak that it transmits these values to generations over and over so that we have to take it - we have to find ways to take care of the family structure. “In this case government programs, minimum wage, and Infrastructure cannot help people in poverty. As long as people keep the same attitude and don't change their behavior towards work and education, money will not help their situation. Bob emphasizes the fact that “Education, even though if you were to ask any people in this neighborhood what's the most important thing in America, they would say education, but it's not treated in the most important manner” (Poverty). Many students don’t show up to class and even if they show up they don't show interest in what they are learning. The lack of interest leads to the kids not getting an education and them pursuing drug