Many lower class citizens are at or below the poverty line and are have and unavoidable disadvantages and poorer chances to discover life’s possibilities. Regardless of the potential and ambition that a lower class individual could possess, he or she will not be given opportunities to succeed like a higher class individual. People who are considered lower class do not have access to many of the resources like a wealthier societies do. Based on their economic situation, they automatically start behind the eight ball. Wealthier societies have exceptional educational services which include better teachers, utilities, and curriculum, whereas poorer societies just get by on the bare minimum.
The working poor have programs such as food stamps, housing, and child care subsidies that extend their services to them and attempt to provide a safety net. However, Earned Income Tax Credit is the only program specifically designed to benefit poor workers (Rocha, 1997). This program is paid through the federal government to low income working families with children, in a form of a tax subsidy design to attempt to bring these families out of poverty. The program has produce substantial increases in employment and reductions in welfare receipt among single parents, and also have had a lot to do with the large decreases in poverty (Greenstein,
Children growing up in poverty face many disadvantages such as unhealthy levels of stress making it near impossible to successfully complete college, thus making it harder to escape their surroundings. The poverty rates in some European countries are much lower than in the United States because of programs they have put into place to help the poor and unlucky, leading one to think the government should once again re-declare the war on poverty. Krugman’s article not only shows percentages he also lets his readers know what the findings were from scientific studies. Living in the conditions of poverty is stressful for anyone, much less children. I see the effects that poverty has on many people every day, and always think one day that could be me.
Dai Phan Ann Modzelewski English 101 12/3/14 The various Viewpoints regarding Education funding In the words of Josh Freedman, “higher education is viewed, as great equalizer that leads to social mobility. But selective colleges have long been accused of perpetuating class divides, rather than blurring them” (Freedman 1). Education is a key institution in today’s society. Education since history has been used as the tool for the eradication of poverty that translates to a better future prospect for the students. For many years education was viewed as the greatest equalizer in achieving society’s expectations of life.
Even though financial assistance is supposed to be a means of temporary aid, many aren't looking at it that way Many people are taking advantage of the fact that they can get it and not on the fact of if they need it or not. A lot of people that are living in poverty rely on federal assistance in order to ensure their survival. Once they get on assistance many of them find it very difficult to get off of it. Even though this may not be the case for all of those on assistance, the whole group is being classified with the same stigma. With so many people being on federal assistance it has created a lot of stress on our economic system and the tax payers that support it it has created a negative situation because so many see the system being abused and they feel they aren't benefiting
Second problem is in the sphere of education. Only a little number of children, the rich one’s, had access to good education in private educational institutions. And the current situation in the country cannot deal with this problem and break this private-public-schooling discrimination. Thirdly, the sphere of social protection that gives the gratest concern is protection against poverty. There are still a huge number of poor people in Britain and the government surprisingly and inefficiently just accepts this fact.
In society today poverty is measured to ways either absolute poverty, or relative poverty. Lets start with Absolute poverty, Absolute poverty measures the number of people living below a certain income threshold or the number of households unable to afford certain basic goods and services like food water and shelter. This is the level of poverty you most likely picture when you hear the word poverty. Usually commercials of foreign children, with bloated bellies who suffer from malnutrition and lack of clean water. Absolut poverty is mostly prevalent in developing countries like India or Haiti, but the United States is not immune from it.
People’s prosperity is judged established on the money they have on hand and their acquisition power. Therefore, it is rational to determine that while people with inferior income are having hard times in their life and when the advantage of committing a crime will provide them superior advantage, they are willing to do it. However, the question lies in how countries measure poverty. The level of poverty can be different among countries. For example, U.S. census has indicated that, U.S. households is generally make up with parents and two kids, and they are considered to be poverty families when the household income is less than $25,000 (United State Census Bureau 2012).
In other words, he can generate positive externalities. For example, areas where he is living with a high-educated population like him tend to have lower crime rates. Also, more education leads to higher worker productivity and higher living standards for society
Some schools provide programs where kids can receive the uniforms at little or no cost. They’re more affordable than regular clothing. Parents can save a lot of money. In conclusion, school uniforms provide for a better learning environment and that's why we go to school; TO learn, Not just to see who’s wearing the new hottest clothes or not. Those are material things that will get you nowhere in life, the only thing that make you a somebody is an education and and a good job.