Thursday, September 16, 2010
Session 3
I was on the way to school this morning when I was listening to the radio and I heard them talking about how the number of people in poverty in America has greatly increased since 2008. In 2008-2009 the number was 4 million people below the poverty line, but today in 2010 the total number of people in poverty is 4.4 million people, that is a lot of people. While hearing this, I was thinking that the people in poverty are probably the people who are not very educated, but to find out I was wrong. The people in poverty are in order from black, hispanic, and then white. From reading different articles to hearing different things on news/radio/television the people who are in poverty will probably stay in poverty for the next 20 years. It is really sad that the government isn't doing more to help all these people get out of poverty and keep people from coming into poverty. The United States needs to be doing a lot more when dealing with poverty. If they don't step it up, the number is only going to increase.
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I completely agree with you, it is discouraging to hear that so many people are in poverty to this day. I believe the government should be doing more to help these people. Also, we as a society should also find ways to help out as well. The number will continue to increase if a lot more isn't done to try to help resolve the problem.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you, the government could be doing allot more for people living in poverty. I read an article today in the Atlanta Journal Constitution titled "Poverty surges in state", yes Georgia's poverty rate has increased 20 percent from 2008 to 2009. In 2009,1.7 million Georgians were living below the federal poverty line, defined as an annual income of $21,756 for a family of four including two children. Only Mississippi had a higher poverty rate than Georgia. This is very bad news for our state of Georgia. Overall I think you have done a great job on your blog!
ReplyDeletePlease take a moment to check out and comment on my Blog at:
http://kbaileypoverty.blogspot.com/
Thank you,
Keith Bailey