Unemployment and Its Impact On American Cities Michael Collins Marygrove College Abstract The United States, its cities, and regions for decades have been trying to maintain low unemployment rates. It is a well know fact that the economy in America is facing tough times and many companies are being forced to pass out pink slips. As a result, America and its cities have being confronted with some of the highest unemployment rates in the 21st Century. Politicians have employed many strategies and ideologies to help regulate the unemployment rate. Unfortunately, over the past 10 years these strategies and ideologies have failed.
With the current recession, it is a very real possibility that more than 1.5 million will be forced into homelessness in the next two years alone (PBS: Public Broadcasting Services, 2011). Imagine, that number of people do not have a permanent and safe home in which to live. Why? Why do we have so many homeless in one of the wealthiest countries in the world? Clearly homelessness is a problem in America.
Each day, 963 million people go hungry. Although there are people in poverty in the United States and in other developed countries, those living in developing countries are at greater risk for what has been called absolute poverty, (a condition where a person does not have the minimum amount of income needed to meet the minimum requirements for one or more basic living needs over an extended period of time). Women and Children constitute the majority of impoverished people across the globe. As Americans and Europeans it is in our best interest to help poor people escape poverty and to help hungry people escape hunger, Poverty is a silent killer, (Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen). The United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) figures show that 25,000 children die each day from poverty alone.
The census data for 2006 shows that 36.5 million Americans or about one in eight lived below the federal poverty like of $20,614 in income for a family of four. More than a third of them are children, and 3.4 are 65 and older. While the poverty rate continues to rise, the number of children without health care insurance continues to rise with it. Billiteri, J. Thomas (2007, September 7) Domestic Poverty ( Vol. 17, Issue 31).
Vulnerability and vulnerable populations are significant issues in today’s health care system. Vulnerable populations are social groups who experience health disparities as a result of a lack of resources and increased exposure to risk. Vulnerable populations are those who afre made vulnerable by their financial circumstances or place of residence, health, age, persona; characteristics, functional or developmental status, mental or physical status (Baldwin, 20003). Poverty Population Demographics Worldwide it is estimated that there are over one billion people living in poverty (World Bank, 2011). In the United States alone, the poverty rate is 12.3 percent, accounting for 36.5 million people (United States Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2008).
Analyzing Poverty in America The purpose of this article is to define and identify what “poor” really means. According to the census bureau, 35 million people were considered to be poor in 2002. Poverty is understood to be defined as not being able to provide the following: clothing, reasonable shelter, and food. In America most of the people who are considered to be poor, would actually be in good living conditions just a few generations ago. This article goes back and forth in many different aspects as to what and who are considered to be poor.
Generational Poverty Angela Lipford BSHS/345 December 23, 2013 Chelie Saffeels Generational poverty explains poverty that continues from generation to generation. The definition of generational poverty is poverty that extends through at least two generations (“Urban Ventures”, n.d.). There are several characteristics of generational poverty. There are also several reasons why generational poverty is so hard of a cycle to break. In this paper, we will discuss these characteristics and reasons.
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What is the working poor? There are 10.4 million low income working families in the United States. 47 million people, include 23.5 million children live in low-income families (BLS, 2010). The working poor represent the working population with a disposable income that does not cover basic living necessities, such as food, housing, and utilities. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2011), more than 146 million Americans live at or below the poverty level.