Income Inequality

Poverty around the world still exists to this day, even in developed places like America. Maybe it’s finally time to see this poverty case for income inequality. How can we end this vicious cycle of poverty? So many people are suffering and struggling to just get enough money to buy a small amount of food. Every 3 seconds, a child dies of hunger. As said by Aristotle, “Poverty is the parent of resolution and crime.” Individuals are going into poverty because of many different reasons, for instance, low tax incomes, heritage, family structure, not being able to get a job with good pay. Because of this, children are not getting education. This is a great social issue that needs solving. How can we bring this situation to justice? All children

have a right to education, health, water, food, and, shelter. Everybody has a right.

Children are not getting education because they are poor.

They don’t have tax incomes so they cannot afford education. Some don’t even have enough money to buy some new clothes. They are working hard each day just to stay alive. Being educated is a very important component in one’s life. Children and youth learn daily life skills when they are educated and will not learn those skills without education. Too many individuals are living far below the standard and getting below $1.25 a day. Between the years of 2000 and 2013, the rate for youth not in education is hardly changing at all. In 2000, the rate is 7.00 percent and in 2005, the rate is 6.10. Although it did decrease, did it decrease enough? In the range of five years, is decreasing by only 0.9 percent good enough? Throughout all those increases and decreases, in the end, between 2000 and 2013, poverty increased by 1.42

percent.

What is affecting the youth’s probability of education? There are many things, but one of them is the children’s heritage. Because of heritage, there are long, cycles of poverty being reborn over and over again. When a child’s parents are poor, the child their self is poor. The cycle of poverty depends on the structure and heritage of a family. If the parental guardian(s) has very low incomes, it also affects the children. It is proved that individuals from intact families on average tend to complete more years of school and have a more likely chance of graduating, going to college or university. They also tend to get a higher academic achievement and education while individuals from broken, less wealthy families have much lower chances of education. Children get a lot further when their parents are married. They get a higher amount of money. $132,000 is the average salary when the parents are married and only $7,600 when the parents are separated. More than 1 million children have been affected by the divorce of parents in the years of 1970-1980 in America. From the years of 1950- 1990, more and more children are being affected, decreasing the income and increasing the chance of poverty for the family and no education for the children.

So what can we do to help?

We can do so many small things that could affect many. We can donate things we don’t need, old clothes that don’t fit anymore, food, and money. Give unwanted things to people who need it. Spare some change just out of generosity and invest money as a society to get enough money to donate. Besides these small things, we aren’t making much of a difference. Educating youth is what the government can do to help stop poverty. By educating children, they can get jobs when they are older and be qualified for them. They can start earning salaries high enough to support themselves and possibly their families with what they need in life. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” as said by Nelson Mandela. Creating more available work that doesn’t require education and at least earns enough for the basic needs in life is another thing we can do. It is very important to educate children for both the child’s own benefits and to help stop the cycle of

poverty.

Bringing a solution to poverty is the right thing to do both morally and economically. Children and youths are losing their rights of education, causing inequality. The rate of young individuals not in education or employment is decreasing, however, by very little and very slowly. Poverty is affecting several people in several places, ruining their chances of education, lowering their life’s standards greatly. The heritage of each individual has a large impact on their life. We, as a society, can do something to help. We can donate and spare some change for people who need it more than you do. We can all start small and make our way up to end poverty. It’s time to take consideration of poverty and take action!