“New US Census figures collected in the past year indicate that 1.3 million Americans live below the poverty line. That's an 11.3 percent increase from the year 2000. The census defines poor as a family of four living with a cash income of about $18,000. The new figures also say that the median American income has dropped, and they suggest that the gap between the richest and the poorest Americans is getting bigger.”

B. Poverty is a serious issue that leads to many different types of problems, including educational set backs, crime, unjust social treatment and can severe cases of ethnic and racial discrimination. These are inherent problems that can affect our way of life in this country in a negative way.

“Most respondents (73 percent) cited problems with education as a key cause of poverty. Specific problems mentioned included lack of access to education, or not un

By making education so available to recipients will never learn to be truly self sufficient in the future.

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