'The Uses Of Poverty: The Poor Pay All'

In the article the author talks about beauty. I believe that beauty plays an important role in the appearance of someone. However, I don’t agree with the author on the way she describes how important beauty is. I believe physical appearance is important in some aspect in life but shouldn’t be the most important to look at when comparing someone attractive with someone that’s not too attractive. Example, a beautiful person might have chances of getting married because of their beauty. But this is not always the case. It also happens where sometimes especially for ladies, because of their beauty, they are not lucky to find the right person. At the beginning, they might have so many guys interested in them just because they’re beautiful, but probably …show more content…
He tells how the society benefits from the poor by describing several functions such as: The poor are performing menial labor, all the dirty works at low wages; the upper classes are freed from that obligation. They provide income for lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc. He says that many other activities are flourishing because of poverty. Some of the activities are: pawn shops, prostitutes, army, and some others. The author also provides an example that is only beneficial for higher socio-economic classes because the poor provides a foundation for the rest of society to build off of. The poor make up the bottom layer of the social pyramid. Some of the functional alternatives he suggested is: Paying higher wages to employees doing the “dirty work”, and the professionals who prosper because of the poor could be found alternate means of work. Also, the professionals who are flourishing because of the poor could be given other roles. Another alternative that can be add is creating more jobs opportunities for the poor, and efficient machines that can make the job look decent, so they won’t have to work too