Poverty In Ohio Research Paper

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Nophie Schamess
Mrs. Sanders
European Literature
4 Nov. 2016
Poverty in Ohio

Did you know that 1 out of every 4 children live in poverty? Poverty is a growing problem that harms and even kills many people. This is really effected teens too, if their family has enough money for them to go to school, all the weight of getting good jobs and money for the family might be put on them. If we make more good pay, easy to get jobs available for people in poverty in ohio, it might help the community stay healthy! Even though many people say that we shouldn’t help, there are reasons you should help you can see if you keep reading!
Poverty is a big problem in ohio and lot’s of people are ignoring the fact that the poor can’t get jobs or go to school

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