Motivation
Poverty occurs almost everywhere in the world. But locally, poverty happens often as well. Our motivation for picking this social issue is that since it's occurring almost everywhere and it can easily be helped with help from anybody around the world. Poverty is a serious issue to talk about and can affect generations in our world today.
Statistics · According to a questionnaire taken by students at a local high school, every student has claimed that poverty is a massive issue around the world and that the economy is in rough condition as well. Results from our questionnaire were astonishing. Every Person believed that poverty is an issue in our world today and that he economy is in rough conditions. However some are unsure on what the causes of how people end up in economical trouble. Each person had their own interpretation on what the MAIN causes o poverty is, whether it is drug abuse, shortage of jobs, medical bills, or simply a lack of motivation.
· Poverty in Michigan has increased to a staggering 66 percent since 2001, according to the United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) released in September (Watson). This is the largest increase in poverty of any state in the
country.
· Poverty is generally something that is hard to overcome. Last year 43 percent of the babies born in Michigan were born to single mother’s and25 percent of those mothers had no high school diploma (Finley). This is a main reason for financial situations in Michigan.
· In comparison to the country, 13 percent of the states children live in EXTREME poverty (National Center). Also, 80 percent of the 700,000 children under the age of 6 lack health insurance compared to the nations average of 13 percent.
Conclusion
Poverty happens everywhere. Being rich and having a great sum of money instantly are often the cause of massive evacuation. What happens later is beyond their expectations; they become jobless, homeless, and the worse impact is that they are unable to return to their home for they don't even have money to return. The persons who are in the position must have enough knowledge about the solutions on the problem. They should make a step by step process to ensure the proper on the global major problem. Finally, it is important to give expression to poverty improvement objectives in national development plans with the strategies and measures integrated into the overall development of improving lives of people. Michigan does experience many families who live in economic hardship. Compared to the rest of the country, Michigan is one of the poorer countries. People around the country can help improve poverty life in the country, that can improve the economy and the welfare of their family.
http://nccp.org/
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120212/OPINION03/202120303
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/10/pove-o05.html
Poverty occurs almost everywhere in the world. But locally, poverty happens often as well. Our motivation for picking this social issue is that since it's occurring almost everywhere and it can easily be helped with help from anybody around the world. Poverty is a serious issue to talk about and can affect generations in our world today.
Statistics · According to a questionnaire taken by students at a local high school, every student has claimed that poverty is a massive issue around the world and that the economy is in rough condition as well. Results from our questionnaire were astonishing. Every Person believed that poverty is an issue in our world today and that he economy is in rough conditions. However some are unsure on what the causes of how people end up in economical trouble. Each person had their own interpretation on what the MAIN causes o poverty is, whether it is drug abuse, shortage of jobs, medical bills, or simply a lack of motivation.
· Poverty in Michigan has increased to a staggering 66 percent since 2001, according to the United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) released in September (Watson). This is the largest increase in poverty of any state in the
country.
· Poverty is generally something that is hard to overcome. Last year 43 percent of the babies born in Michigan were born to single mother’s and25 percent of those mothers had no high school diploma (Finley). This is a main reason for financial situations in Michigan.
· In comparison to the country, 13 percent of the states children live in EXTREME poverty (National Center). Also, 80 percent of the 700,000 children under the age of 6 lack health insurance compared to the nations average of 13 percent.
Conclusion
Poverty happens everywhere. Being rich and having a great sum of money instantly are often the cause of massive evacuation. What happens later is beyond their expectations; they become jobless, homeless, and the worse impact is that they are unable to return to their home for they don't even have money to return. The persons who are in the position must have enough knowledge about the solutions on the problem. They should make a step by step process to ensure the proper on the global major problem. Finally, it is important to give expression to poverty improvement objectives in national development plans with the strategies and measures integrated into the overall development of improving lives of people. Michigan does experience many families who live in economic hardship. Compared to the rest of the country, Michigan is one of the poorer countries. People around the country can help improve poverty life in the country, that can improve the economy and the welfare of their family.
http://nccp.org/
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120212/OPINION03/202120303
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/10/pove-o05.html