Session 5

America is one of the richest countries in the world, and because there is poverty here in American I can only imagine what poverty is like in other countries. Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America, Caribbean's, East Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa. Thats the order of countries from highest to lowest based on the amount of poverty the countries have. Imaging taking the amount of money you make and cut that in half, thats how people in Africa live. Although America is one of the richest countries in the world, it still has an insane high rate of poverty compared to some of the other countries. I would not think that America would have such a high rate compared to the others, given again, that America is one of the richest countries. One of the reasons why there are so many people in poverty is; people in poverty or at least with low incomes such that they need to be on a strict budget, they may tend to go for lower-paying but fixed-pay jobs rather than potentially higher-paying and upward-mobility type jobs with variable pay. Again, when you must make a certain minimum for your basic budgetary needs, you can't afford to risk a job with uncertain pay.