Persuasive Essay On Poverty

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In 2010, one out of every five children were living at or under the poverty line. 15.3 million children live in a household with food insecurity. 22% of all children in the U.S. are considered to be poor. A single parents with two children is considered to be poor if they make $17,568 or less. These numbers truly show that child poverty is a pressing issue in the United States. Poor school funding does not allow children to reach their potential as a student due to lack of resources allocated by the state. Children can not possibly be as successful as their potential allows without the proper resources. Children of low income families are automatically born into poverty if their parents are poor. Children with poor parents do not have a say
Insular poverty has grown to be a leading factor of why kids and families stay at or below the poverty line. “Poverty is self-perpetuating partly because the poorest communities are poorest in the services which would eliminate it”(Galbraith, John). Galbraith has hit the nail head on. Galbraith has recognized that the only true way to bring these people out of poverty to supply the area with the municipal needs necessary. “To eliminate poverty efficiently, we must, indeed, invest more than proportionately in the children of the poor community”(Galbraith, John). Once again, Galbraith makes an outstanding point. If Americans would invest in the future, those children might not have to live in poverty. Galbraith describes insular poverty as an island of poor people. Those people have no way of leaving the island or getting on their feet because they have nothing to start with. Galbraith suggests that the American people must build a bridge of opportunity for those people to truly have a fair chance. Studies have actually shown that early childhood poverty can eventually lead to an early death. Poverty at a young age leads to social, emotional, and cognitive impairment, which leads to adoption of health risk behaviors, which leads to disease, disability, and social problems, which leads to an early death (Poverty and Premature Death Still Firmly Linked). If Americans acted on this issue now, this poverty crisis could eventually be

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