In the article “11 Facts About Education and Poverty in America” it states that there are more than 30 million children living in poverty. Children that lives in a family that has low-income or live below the poverty line don’t live to their full potential. Children living in high income families have …show more content…
In the book Exploring Psychology by David Myers he states that when people suffer from stress it takes away your ability to fight off disease since your nervous and endocrine system influences your immune system. In the article “Stress in low-income families can affect children’s learning” Monique Patenaude says that the stress of the parents gets passed on to their children and it affects their learning …show more content…
In the book George Bush on the Planet of Xul by Fred H. Stopsky; George Bush quote “The only reason why people are poor is because they are lazy.” In the article “Does welfare make people lazy?” by John Aziz he says that the welfare program makes people to have comfortable life in which they won’t go out and find work and instead spend all day at home playing video or trying to make more welfare babies. However, this is not true. Families work full time, although what they earn it just not enough for their expenses and they need government assistance. Plus in the article “7 Lies About Welfare That Many People Believe Are Fact” on Groundswell Stories it states “Most benefit programs require recipients to work in order to collect.” The recipients who receive food stamps 82% of the money goes to the households, that’s had children, elderly people or people with disabilities (“7 Lies About”). The majority of the people on welfare program is the hardworking