Michigan Poverty Percentage
"Michigan’s poverty rate continued to rise sharply through 2011, to 17.5 percent up from 16.8 percent just a year earlier, and well above the national average of fifteen percent. The climb in the poverty rate only partially measures growing social distress because state and federal governments are at the same time cutting safety net programs once available to the most economically vulnerable populations" (Watson). The graph to the left shows the percentage of people in Michigan who is in poverty. Statistics shows that within recent years poverty has risen since 2007, so you can imagine that those numbers will continue to rise in 2013. Poverty is an issue throughout the world that unfortunately cannot be cured, but can easily be helped significantly.Please take the time to review this site and go on your way to becoming more socially intelligent and weary of poverty in Michigan. No one deserves to be in poverty, and this website will help you overcome the fears and torment of economical distress.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/10/pove-o05.html
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