Poverty was not only an issue in the Victorian Era; we still see it in our society today. In fact, it is a universal problem. In 2015, according to the UN, the statistics for poverty were: over one billion people were living in poverty, with 16 million of them being children. That was almost 1/7 of the world’s population! Even worse is that one in five immigrants were in poverty, most of them living in the U.S. A reason for these statistics is because of an unfair division of wealth. The most of the economy in the U.S. is controlled by the wealthiest Americans. Unfortunately, poverty isn’t a problem that is easily fixable. It is like a weed. If left unchecked for too long, it is allowed to establish its roots into the ground and is difficult
