The Spread Of Poverty In The United States

General poverty is an issue that is world spread. Many think that it is just something that happens in poor, foreign countries. In the U.S 36.8 percent of citizens live in poverty, that includes women, men, and children. People with income 50% below the poverty line are commonly referred to as living in deep poverty; in 2012, 6.6% of our population, or 20.4 million people, were living in deep poverty, or make fifty percent less income. We, the U.S as a world power should help other countries and ourselves more in poverty and need. The average person makes 27.98 dollars an hour. In a working week, they will have made 139.90 dollars. More than one billion people are making less than a dollar and twenty-five cents a day, that is only six dollars and twenty-five cents a week. …show more content…
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