Low Income Inequality In The United States

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In a perfect world we would all be equal there would be no poverty, women would be paid equally, and we would not be so materialistic. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world and most if not all of these things are not true. As a nation we have various problem that must be solved but in order to do so we must make a change with in our selves of within our families and not solely rely on government aid. People and families face may hardships as they are trying to pull through their lives and it is imperative for their survival to receive government aid. According to the department of numbers the census states that, “the median household income for California was $61,933 in 2014.” But looking at this median I can’t help but think who are they surveying.
I work with a lot of low income families and as I review their paper work I notice that these families are not making this type of income. The people that I work with are making somewhere around 1,500 -2,500 a month. in cases such as
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In order for people to change they must actually want the change to happen. In my personal view I do not feel like there are very many people whom want to change their want of life. People seem to be very comfortable the way that they are living and if they were told to change the change may not last very long. These ideology of government educational programs is phenomenal the question in hand still stands will this be enough to get the family economic independence rate go up or will it simply make no difference due to our habitual behavior? While some people will take advantage of this others will fall back into their old habits because it is much easier to do as opposed to this new way which involves hard work. A perfect world is much further away than we expected it to

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