Abolishing Poverty in The U.S
John Boston
Sociology 101
October 31, 1996
If I had the power to abolish poverty in the United States I would do
it in a second. Abolishing poverty would be almost impossible because there are
just to many poor people for one person to help to abolish poverty we must all
work to help those who are poor get out of this condition.
There are two types of poor, there are people who are relatively poor
and there are people who are absolutely poor. People who are relatively poor
are poor compared to the people around them. These people usually only have
the bare necessities to survive like food, clothing or shelter. They might even
have a steady job but they just don't have any real wealth. In fact people who
are relatively poor are usually in the lower 5% of the population in terms of
wealth. People who live the state of absolute poverty can not sustain a
certain level of living . These people have a hard time......
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