What are the causes of poverty in America?
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if a person is uneducated, then they will only get a minimum wage job, so they are poor. sometimes a person is too lazy to get a job, or they live on welfare.
1142927
Because our government isn't about alleviating poverty.  Its about getting government off the backs of the rich.
94552
There will always be poverty. Some because of circumstances, some by choice.
257306
Poverty. Education. Politics.
153885
Homeless people.\n\nThe United States is suppose to be so rich right? Then why cant we afford to get these people a place to live food in their stomaches, children a place to learn good things not how to be poor and run around dirty because their parents couldnt afford them.
921144
Poverty and inequality
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Home safety improvements can start with alarm systems, add a good dog, then get and learn to use a firearm. (Note: Firearms are not for everyone.  If you have kids, think long and hard about a firearm.)\n\nMy opinion on poverty is (1) bad or corrupt government (2) poor education due to bad system (back to government) or lack of funds (3) lack of opportunities (government again)\n(4) lack of motivation are the cause of poverty.\n\nThe solution is replace "bad and lack" with "good and plenty".
1092460
the ability to make or have nuclear weapons could destroy cities and kill millions of americans in one strike and lead to a global destruction if other countries launch after. poverty on the other hand is not an iminent threat to the US and does not have the ability to take down the us or the world overnight.
360636
Times change my dear. I've traveled the world quiet a bit, including the Middle East. I saw poverty in a lot of places like you would not believe unless you see it with your own eyes!! We have problems in our country like any place but you still can't beat it! If you live in America, kiss the ground and be thankful.
153360
America is as poor as any other developing country.
433668
I wish, but the answer is NO. The relationship between Islam and poverty is cause and effect...Islam CAUSES poverty...many people confuse the order.
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-   Sin.  It's the #1 cause of mankind's problems.\n-   Greed and Pride (leads to much of the following)\n-   Crime (rape, theft, murder, child pornography, kidnapping, etc.)\n-   Crimes against humanity (torture, experimentation, genocide)\n-   Unwillingness to get involved (turning a blind eye when abuse  and injustices occur)\n-   Abuse (spousal and child, as well as other types)\n-   Politics (what a joke) \n-   Religion (killing, rather than loving, in the name of God)\n-   Environmental issues (pollution, global warming, poor use of natural resources, deforestation, etc.)\n-   Natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, flood, drought, etc.)\n-   Economies (disparate global economies, poverty vs wealth)\n-   Starvation (especially in 3rd world countries)\n-   Disease (especially, but not limited to, 3rd world countries)\n-   Education (lack of edu. or poor edu. leads to poverty and a class of people who cannot defend or fend for themselves)\n-   Waste (indulgent over-consumption, poor stewardship of what we already have)\n-   Covetousness (wanting what others have that you do not have)\n-   Love of wealth and power (people will stop at nothing to get what they want)\n-   Unfaithfulness (not just to spouses, but to families, communities, work, etc.)\n-   Selfishness (Lacking the ability to empathize...demanding your way.  Make no mistake, this is a mass problem as well as an individual one)\n-   War\n-   Terrorism\n-   Slavery (it still goes on today...it's just disguised as "cheap labor")\n-   Sex slave trade (the wholesale abuse of women and children around the world)\n-   Immorality\n-   Lack of responsibility\n-   Judicial systems (when money can buy a better defense...)\n-   Drugs\n-   Addiction\n-   Teen pregnancy\n-   Organized Crime\n-   Lies, lies, lies\n-   Entertainment/Media (feeding the world its version of beauty, truth, etc.)\n-   News Media (oh the inaccuracies! and all the trouble that causes)\n-   Cultural misunderstandings or insensitivity\n-   Hatred\n-   Bigotry\n-   Egocentrism\n-   Sexism\n-   Racism\n-   Unemployment\n-   Poverty\n-   Homelessness\n-   Social Security (and other issues that face the elderly)\n-   Rights vs Responsibility  (when your rights step on mine, where does responsibility come in?)\n-   Child abandonment (the making of orphans throughout the world)\n-   Technology (creating a world that is increasingly interactive with machines rather than other humans)\n-   Human Desensitization through Media (i.e. violent images, violent actions, adult themes, lack of consequences, etc.)\n\n\nOkay, I may add more to this later.  This is as many as I can think of at the moment.
537879
Drought and poor water quality are the causes of poverty in the World. Diseases set in with the deaths of populations which just makes things worse. Global Warming has off set the water tables and the rains that provide water to Africa, India, and South East Asia. The Epidemic was started 30 years ago and has ended up in Civil War in Africa.
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Being poor and being bad is different. I dont know what others have made you or your country men to believe, but poor or not bad. If someone does something bad then alone they are bad, whether they are rich or poor or whatever... I think whether it is Americans or whomsoever it be, being poor is something very sad if they cant get essential things for life... All Americans can never be bad. I am not American but I certainly would say that it is not to be generalised. Probably there is some gap in people's understanding...I think it exists in most countries.
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"Poverty" means "the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions."\n \nOur country has done a great job of almost completely eliminating the true poverty, only to find people redefining it to include more people.  As the standard of living in this country continues to increase, people will adjust their definition of "poverty."\n\nI know a family who has 4 TVs, Satelite, several DVD players & more than enough to eat (the whole family is overweight.)\nThey are "impoverished" because they "can't afford nice clothes, nice cars (they have old cars & hand-me-downs) & other things this modern society now considers necessity.\n\nI think it is not right to use the same word, "poverty", to discribe the family living in a mobile home, buying clothes at garage sales, & eating simple food, like beans & rice, or Spaggetti & meat sauce. This type of family would be considered well-to-do in many places in Mexico! I prefer the phrase "disadvantaged." They need help, but we shouldn't try to act like they are on the same level with those dying of starvation in Africa!\n\nThe poorest people in America are the addicts & mentally ill.  They get caught in a downward spiral until the get the treatment they need, or till they just die on the streets.\n\nP.S.  While some of your stats are telling, some are not.\n . In probably 50% of the country it gets hot enough AC shou not be considered a luxery.\n . TVs & VCRs can be bought at garage sales for $5 so that should not be used to illustrate how they aren't really poor.\n . Cars are required in most areas so people can drive to work & pick up groceries.  And a beaten-up car can be bought pretty cheaply.
270863
In the USA the solution is not putting up with laziness. Most "poor" people in the USA are just plain lazy. The few that aren't, need to learn a trade.
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There are a lot of things in our society and our way of life that tend to make people who are living in poverty 'invisible.'\n\nPeople of different social strata or income groups tend to live in various pockets because of the varying value of land for their homes (poorer people tend to live in areas where the land is inexpensive, or residences allow for more people living in a smaller space). The poorer an area is, the less likely it is to attract outside investment such as grocery stores or work sites, so there is much less reason for our media to pay attention to the area.\n\nPeople in the middle class tend to live in outer suburbs where land is more expensive but available, services are better provided, and there is more relative safety. If they work in urban areas, they have access largely via the Interstate Highway system, so they avoid contact or even sight of poor and blighted areas.\n\nBecause people who live in poverty tend to have a higher amount of relative depression, they tend to not believe there is anything to be gained through voting, so there is no incentive for our political leaders to pay any attention to them at all.\n\nIn short, our people living in poverty tend to live in pockets and areas that have nothing in them that the rest of society is interested in, so they become invisible. We then tend to believe that there is no real poverty in America. The only poor people we tend to see are the con artists along the highway exits who try to intimidate us into giving them money so they will leave us alone.\n\nWhen Katrina came along, it devastated such a large area that these invisible people were driven out of their homes and were forced to seek outside help. Because they had no cars and no caches of food or supplies, they were herded into camps and holding areas where they suddenly became a story worth reporting on because their misery was now out in the open and on display.\n\nNow that they have been dispersed across the country, of course, they are invisible again, and we can go back to asking our government to reassure us that poverty does not exist ... again.