Poverty in America grows as time goes on, the growth of Americans in poverty from 2000 to 2008-2012 is 77.6%. Whether this growth is because Americans who fall into poverty from the middle or upper class or if it’s largely due to those being born into the lower class; it’s not hard to argue that it’s not an easy class to remove yourself from.
Let’s go over the percentages of Americans born into poverty that make it out; in a study from Pew Charitable approximately 73% of Generation X Americans born into this class remain within it – being the bottom and 2nd quintile – and that’s devastating. Some may argue these individuals were given opportunities but chose not to act on them, and maybe that’s true, but I don’t believe it’s due to not
Let’s go over the percentages of Americans born into poverty that make it out; in a study from Pew Charitable approximately 73% of Generation X Americans born into this class remain within it – being the bottom and 2nd quintile – and that’s devastating. Some may argue these individuals were given opportunities but chose not to act on them, and maybe that’s true, but I don’t believe it’s due to not