Living In Poverty In America

Living in poverty in America does not always equal hunger and homelessness. Some Americans believes that the word “poverty” means impoverishment: an incapability to provide a family with nourishing food, clothing, and suitable shelter. Families living in poverty surely fight to make ends meet; often they struggle to pay for nutritious meals to put on the table of air conditioning in the home. Barbara Ehrenreich states in an article that “the outlook is not as cozy when we look at the effects of the recession on a group generally omitted from all the vivid narratives of downward mobility…” (337-341). Poverty in America affects a large number of people. If affects the availability of homes in neighborhoods with low crime rates, access to nutritious foods, and a great education.
The first problem a person living in poverty can face is suitable …show more content…
According to Ehrenreich “the current recession is knocking down the working poor down a notch-from low-wage employment and inadequate housing toward erratic employment and no housing at all” (340). Bringing the working class of America to middle-class status would increase the way that poor families are able to live. It would decrease the struggles family face daily and allow families to pay their essential expenditures. Working individuals should be able to have a salary that would allow them to save money to invest in their futures. If nothing is done to improve the poverty that is around today, the cycle of poverty continues to repeat for many more generations. Dangerous neighborhoods may subject children of low-income families to violence that could lead to psychosocial issues. Exposure to violence can also predict cause violent conduct in youth which places them at an increased risk of injury or