American Poverty is a real and persistent issue and there are important differences between how many people want to address it. So not only should we be deliberating its effects, but what we need to do about it, because it’s not getting better.
In 2014, median household income was reported as $53,657 basically the same as it was in 2013. The same idleness held when it came to the poverty rate, with about 15 percent of Americans, or almost 47 million people, falling below the poverty line of about $24,000 for the year. The news was worse for minorities and women. The rate of poverty among blacks and Hispanics was well over 20 percent. Women continued to struggle to make ends meet, especially elderly women, whose poverty rate was nearly double
In 2014, median household income was reported as $53,657 basically the same as it was in 2013. The same idleness held when it came to the poverty rate, with about 15 percent of Americans, or almost 47 million people, falling below the poverty line of about $24,000 for the year. The news was worse for minorities and women. The rate of poverty among blacks and Hispanics was well over 20 percent. Women continued to struggle to make ends meet, especially elderly women, whose poverty rate was nearly double