The Importance Of Poverty

Ronald Regan once said “We fought a war on poverty, and poverty has won.” Exemplifying that poverty has only gotten worse, and 35 years later we are experiencing poverty to its highest degree as a human rights issue. According to the National Census of the United States, “in 2014 the official poverty rate was 14.8% and it’s only been growing” (Census 1). Dictionarty.com defines Poverty as “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support”. Thousands of people across the world become entrapped in a cycle of poverty that becomes nearly impossible to disintegrate and propels them into further isolation from the rest of society because of insufficiency. Poverty can be defined through diverse aspects, it can be seen

Many adults and children are living in poverty because they either had no education or didn’t have the luxury to receive an education. For example, my dad was forced to drop out of elementary school and helped my grandfather with agricultural support to provide food for 9 of his younger siblings when he was merely a child himself. According to Humanium, “children from disadvantaged backgrounds are forced to abandon their education… in order to work and provide support for their family” (Humanium 1). In today’s society, one of the most important ways to get by is through an education. Many young adults and children in America take an education for granted. For example, dropping out. A child’s job in America is to go to school for 12 years, when in Africa children yearn and hope for an education yet their job is helping put food on the table. Poverty becomes a never ending cycle, especially when it comes to education, since children of lower income families cannot afford to go to school such as those children with higher incomes. Therefore, the wealthy remain wealthy and the poor remain

Poverty is having no education, lacking the basic elements to live, and lacking access to better their situation. Poverty is one of the leading causes of death and one of the least preventable. Poverty is an important human rights issue our society has not been able to prospect, but that is having much more coverage and awareness. It is important to be aware of the demand and stressful compromise poor communities experience. As a society, it is important to have productive and positive lives that bring meaning and offer the wellness for