Why Is There So Much Destitution And Insecurity In The United States?

All of this disparity underscores that the poor are unable to gain any form of traction in rising above poverty. Arguably, poverty is the most far-reaching, prevalent, and ubiquitous form and cause of chronic suffering there is and the magnitude of poverty is mounting in the United States, which makes it ironic in the sense because our enormous wealth dwarfs many countries yet we are stricken with a devastating number of poor. Even the middle class fear the idea of the realistic possibility they may one day wind up poor or falling into poverty due to unforeseen circumstances such as divorce or simply being laid of their job. It begs the question how can there be so much destitution and insecurity in such an abundant country? Consequently, poverty does not exist all in itself since it is merely one end of the overall unequal distribution of income and wealth in …show more content…
As a result, poverty is seemingly both a structural aspect of the system currently in place and an ongoing repercussion of how the system is organized and the paths of least resistance that shape how people participate or get involved in it. In spite of everything, poverty exists because the economic system is organized in ways that encourage the accumulation of wealth at one end of the spectrum pertaining to the one percent and generates conditions of scarcity that makes poverty an inevitable reality for the other end. Individuals can argue or dispute about whether chronic widespread poverty is morally acceptable and if social inequality is chipping away at the poor’s prospect of climbing the ladder to better jobs or income, but there remains to many variables or discrepancies within that notion because the war on poverty endures and politicians persist in making too many empty promises and often renege on them more often looking for voters rather than trying to find a solution by promising to bring their quandary to an