Essay On War On Poverty

Poverty has become a crucial problem worldwide and has a great influence on economic development.Regardless if poverty is on a large or small scale, some strand of poverty is visible within many communities worldwide. More than likely, somewhere in the world, there is a young man who is homeless on the street, a single woman who cannot adequately supply for her family, an elderly woman who is sick and is not able to afford her medication, a young lady that has to settle for contaminated water to compensate for nourishment of her body, and people who are on the verge of total financial collapse. America, one of the wealthiest nations on earth with having a high inequality than other industrialized countries has struggled with inequality within income, power and education which resulted in the high intensity issue of poverty.
In 1964, former President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty" in his state of the union address. Poverty is often defined as the inability to provide the minimial needs for oneself. However, socially, poverty can be defined as deprivement severely through education, food, safe water, sanitation, and …show more content…
The "War of Poverty" had intentions on helping low income families to have achieve a more comfortable life. Realizing that everyone may need help every once and again , President Johnson tried to emphathize with the struggles of many impoverished Americans. The underlying goals of the "War on Poverty" were to address other social issues that plagued our country as successfully as we could. From this movement, spirialled many programs such as Food Stamps , the community action program and head start which all had vital roles in trying to curb poverty(Boundless,2015) as well as narrow in on other social issues such as racial inequallity and education which may have been a factor in this nationwide