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Double entry 1-Splendid Suns
Part one of the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns was very interesting. We as readers, were introduced to Mariam and her family. Throughout the chapters, the readers find out that the dad does not really want Mariam to be a part of his life. In fact, in chapter eight, he arranged Mariam a marriage so she would not live in his house any more. I predict that sense he arranged the marriage so he did not have to be with Mariam, Mariam and his relationship will no longer be the same. She used to look up to him but now despises him. Throughout the novel the author did an amazing job at showing us the situations and not just telling us what happened. Khaled Hosseini wrote “The sun caught the sparkle in the fish’s scales” when describing a photograph of Jalil and three young boys holding a fish.The Novel was a little bit confusing at first when I read the words that were in a different language. So far the novel was overall easy to understand and interesting to read.
In America, children tend to fist rebel against their parents around their teenage years. Teenagers start to get an attitude of their own. they believe that what they think is always right and that they have to do what they want to do. So when their parents tell them that they have to come home before a certain time or act a certain way, they rebel and do what they feel like doing. Rebellion as a teen is not always a bad thing. Sometimes teenagers realize that what their parents are doing is wrong and choose not to follow in their footsteps. Either way, children do not start rebelling against their parent in the U.S until they are around their teen years.
In reality, if Mariam lived with her father and his children, she would feel like an outcast and be waited on her whole life. Her father’s butler and chauffeur would provide her with her every need and she would not be raised the same. She would be more spoiled and would not be able to take care of herself as much. It was overall better off that she did not live with her father and his children.
Double entry 2-Splendid Suns
Splendid suns- double entry 2
Analysis- In part two, the readers are introduced to Laila. She faces the conflicts of parents who fight a lot, because they no longer have the same interest in each other that they used to. She also had two go weeks without seeing her best friend Tariq. I predict that because she really likes Tariq and he seems to like her, they will soon get married to each other. Laila's mom is really depressed since her sons were killed in war. I think that Laila’s mom will not ever be the same after their death and Laila will have to be the woman of the household. The book states that “If she didn’t tend to the house, she was apt to find clothes, shoes, open rice bags, cans of beans, and dirty dishes strewn about everywhere” (Hosseini 142). The author continued to do an amazing job showing the audience and not just telling. Just one example of showing and not telling is “Mommy sat on the couch all morning,her fingers working a handkerchief, her face bloated (139).
prompt 1-America can conceptualize that other countries live with gender roles. Believe it or not, America has and had small gender roles of its own. Back in the 1950’s-1980’s, woman were largely responsible for dealing with home matters, while the male worked for the money to support his family. Then as time went on, feminism was born and woman got more rights in the workforce and other tasks that men usually did. Even today there are certain gender roles in the United States. They arnt as big due to feminism.If a man or woman wanted to do the other genders task, they could. A perfect example of this is volleyball and football. Usually volleyball is for girls and football is for guys, but if a girl or guy wanted to participate in the other, they could. Gender roles aren't as common or popular in the U.S., but they definitely exist.
prompt 2- The book has some interesting lessons about parenting. The mom and dad of Laila have some interesting parenting styles. I learned that you should keep your family close, because they may not always be there. Her mom and dad allowed her brothers to join the soviet army. They didn't think that they might die and never be seen again. When mamma found out that her sons died in war, she was devastated. She was depressed for the longest time. Through the fact that momma lost her sons,it made me consider how close I was to my family. It made me think twice and realize that i'm not as close as i'd like to be and allowed me to evaluate the situation. From here on out, i'm going to have a better relationship with my family because before I know it, they might not be here anymore.
Part one of the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns was very interesting. We as readers, were introduced to Mariam and her family. Throughout the chapters, the readers find out that the dad does not really want Mariam to be a part of his life. In fact, in chapter eight, he arranged Mariam a marriage so she would not live in his house any more. I predict that sense he arranged the marriage so he did not have to be with Mariam, Mariam and his relationship will no longer be the same. She used to look up to him but now despises him. Throughout the novel the author did an amazing job at showing us the situations and not just telling us what happened. Khaled Hosseini wrote “The sun caught the sparkle in the fish’s scales” when describing a photograph of Jalil and three young boys holding a fish.The Novel was a little bit confusing at first when I read the words that were in a different language. So far the novel was overall easy to understand and interesting to read.
In America, children tend to fist rebel against their parents around their teenage years. Teenagers start to get an attitude of their own. they believe that what they think is always right and that they have to do what they want to do. So when their parents tell them that they have to come home before a certain time or act a certain way, they rebel and do what they feel like doing. Rebellion as a teen is not always a bad thing. Sometimes teenagers realize that what their parents are doing is wrong and choose not to follow in their footsteps. Either way, children do not start rebelling against their parent in the U.S until they are around their teen years.
In reality, if Mariam lived with her father and his children, she would feel like an outcast and be waited on her whole life. Her father’s butler and chauffeur would provide her with her every need and she would not be raised the same. She would be more spoiled and would not be able to take care of herself as much. It was overall better off that she did not live with her father and his children.
Double entry 2-Splendid Suns
Splendid suns- double entry 2
Analysis- In part two, the readers are introduced to Laila. She faces the conflicts of parents who fight a lot, because they no longer have the same interest in each other that they used to. She also had two go weeks without seeing her best friend Tariq. I predict that because she really likes Tariq and he seems to like her, they will soon get married to each other. Laila's mom is really depressed since her sons were killed in war. I think that Laila’s mom will not ever be the same after their death and Laila will have to be the woman of the household. The book states that “If she didn’t tend to the house, she was apt to find clothes, shoes, open rice bags, cans of beans, and dirty dishes strewn about everywhere” (Hosseini 142). The author continued to do an amazing job showing the audience and not just telling. Just one example of showing and not telling is “Mommy sat on the couch all morning,her fingers working a handkerchief, her face bloated (139).
prompt 1-America can conceptualize that other countries live with gender roles. Believe it or not, America has and had small gender roles of its own. Back in the 1950’s-1980’s, woman were largely responsible for dealing with home matters, while the male worked for the money to support his family. Then as time went on, feminism was born and woman got more rights in the workforce and other tasks that men usually did. Even today there are certain gender roles in the United States. They arnt as big due to feminism.If a man or woman wanted to do the other genders task, they could. A perfect example of this is volleyball and football. Usually volleyball is for girls and football is for guys, but if a girl or guy wanted to participate in the other, they could. Gender roles aren't as common or popular in the U.S., but they definitely exist.
prompt 2- The book has some interesting lessons about parenting. The mom and dad of Laila have some interesting parenting styles. I learned that you should keep your family close, because they may not always be there. Her mom and dad allowed her brothers to join the soviet army. They didn't think that they might die and never be seen again. When mamma found out that her sons died in war, she was devastated. She was depressed for the longest time. Through the fact that momma lost her sons,it made me consider how close I was to my family. It made me think twice and realize that i'm not as close as i'd like to be and allowed me to evaluate the situation. From here on out, i'm going to have a better relationship with my family because before I know it, they might not be here anymore.
Splendid suns- double entry 2
In part two, the readers are introduced to Laila. She faces the conflicts of parents who fight a lot, because they no longer have the same interest in each other that they used to. She also had two go weeks without seeing her best friend Tariq. I predict that because she really likes Tariq and he seems to like her, they will soon get married to each other. Laila's mom is really depressed since her sons were killed in war. I think that Laila’s mom will not ever be the same after their death and Laila will have to be the woman of the household. The book states that “If she didn’t tend to the house, she was apt to find clothes, shoes, open rice bags, cans of beans, and dirty dishes strewn about everywhere” (Hosseini 142). The author continued to do an amazing job showing the audience and not just telling. Just one example of showing and not telling is “Mommy sat on the couch all morning,her fingers working a handkerchief, her face bloated (139). America can conceptualize that other countries live with very different gender roles. Believe it or not, America has and had small gender roles of its own. Back in the 1950’s-1980’s, woman were largely responsible for dealing with home matters, while the male worked for the money to support his family. Then as time went on, feminism was born and woman got more rights in the workforce and other tasks that men usually did. Even today there are certain gender roles in the United States. They aren't as big due to feminism.If a man or woman wanted to do the other genders task, they could. A perfect example of this is volleyball and football. Usually volleyball is for girls and football is for guys, but if a girl or guy wanted to participate in the other, they could. Gender roles aren't as common or popular in the U.S., but they definitely exist.
The book has some interesting lessons about parenting. The mom and dad of Laila have some interesting parenting styles. I learned that you should keep your family close, because they may not always be there. Her mom and dad allowed her brothers to join the soviet army. They didn't think that they might die and never be seen again. When mamma found out that her sons died in war, she was devastated. She was depressed for the longest time.since momma lost her sons,it made me consider how close I was to my family. It made me think twice and realize that I'm not as close as i'd like to be and allowed me to evaluate the situation. From here on out, I'm going to have a better relationship with my family because before I know it, they might not be here anymore.
In part two, the readers are introduced to Laila. She faces the conflicts of parents who fight a lot, because they no longer have the same interest in each other that they used to. She also had two go weeks without seeing her best friend Tariq. I predict that because she really likes Tariq and he seems to like her, they will soon get married to each other. Laila's mom is really depressed since her sons were killed in war. I think that Laila’s mom will not ever be the same after their death and Laila will have to be the woman of the household. The book states that “If she didn’t tend to the house, she was apt to find clothes, shoes, open rice bags, cans of beans, and dirty dishes strewn about everywhere” (Hosseini 142). The author continued to do an amazing job showing the audience and not just telling. Just one example of showing and not telling is “Mommy sat on the couch all morning,her fingers working a handkerchief, her face bloated (139). America can conceptualize that other countries live with very different gender roles. Believe it or not, America has and had small gender roles of its own. Back in the 1950’s-1980’s, woman were largely responsible for dealing with home matters, while the male worked for the money to support his family. Then as time went on, feminism was born and woman got more rights in the workforce and other tasks that men usually did. Even today there are certain gender roles in the United States. They aren't as big due to feminism.If a man or woman wanted to do the other genders task, they could. A perfect example of this is volleyball and football. Usually volleyball is for girls and football is for guys, but if a girl or guy wanted to participate in the other, they could. Gender roles aren't as common or popular in the U.S., but they definitely exist.
The book has some interesting lessons about parenting. The mom and dad of Laila have some interesting parenting styles. I learned that you should keep your family close, because they may not always be there. Her mom and dad allowed her brothers to join the soviet army. They didn't think that they might die and never be seen again. When mamma found out that her sons died in war, she was devastated. She was depressed for the longest time.since momma lost her sons,it made me consider how close I was to my family. It made me think twice and realize that I'm not as close as i'd like to be and allowed me to evaluate the situation. From here on out, I'm going to have a better relationship with my family because before I know it, they might not be here anymore.
Research Paper
Poverty In The United States
In America today, many citizens become homeless or end up in some form of poverty. The question is, what are we, in America, going to do to prevent poverty from becoming more of an issue? Poverty has been an issue throughout American history, and more households are falling into poverty every single day. America’s poverty rates can be shown through the statistics and causes, but there are many different observable solutions to this issue.
Poverty in the United States is on the ride each year. To begin with, in rural areas, 22% percent of American children lived in poverty, with more people in poverty in rural areas than urban ( Mattingly 1). Even though the statistic is still less than half of Americans, the percentage keeps rising and is a lot of individuals in poverty. In fact, research shows that in rural areas with endless children in poverty, an average of 8.1 workers were out of jobs in 2000 ( Mattingly 5). That is horrendous, because that is 8.1 percent of individuals that are not making the money necessary to support a family in the United States.
In the same way, there are numerous of examples of childhood poverty in the U.S. According to a report, a total of 18.7 million children lived in homes that made little money in 2013; these families used more than 30 percent of their income for their living environment (Calfas p4). This percentage may be small compared to the amount of individuals in the world, but no U.S. citizen should have to live like this with resources of a first world country. Research show that in the U.S., “ almost 15 percent of citizens ( and almost 20 percent of children) live in poverty. Of those, slightly under 2 percent live on less than $2 per person per day”( Isaacson 1). Absolutely no one in the world should only live off two dollars a day per person in their family. In the economy today, living off that much money would not get an individual very far. Likewise, in 2011, 1.5 million families, with 2.8 million children in total,lived in extreme poverty( Lynk 2). There are 2.8 million more children in poverty than there needs to be. In 2011, the long-term child poverty in the U.S. reached immense level, with 16.7 million children living in food-insecure homes ( Lynk 2). That’s a great deal of children that do not know what it is like to have a full stomach, let alone have food to eat everyday.
Another way to view poverty, is through nationwide statistics of poverty. For instance, A family of four that makes only $23.624 is considered below the poverty line (Calfas 1). That is a small amount of cash for a family of four. In the article, “ Poverty Facts”, the author states that in 2014, 47 million people in total lived in poverty in the U.S. (1). This meant that the poverty level was 15% (Poverty USA p1). 15% may be a small amount compared to the percentage of Americans in the U.S., but it is a good amount of people who are living a harsh life. For these percentages, the rate for blacks in 2014 was 26%, hispanics 24% and whites 10 (Poverty USA 1). America is working on a solution to fight poverty, but before a cure for poverty is established, individuals must first truly understand the causes.
There are many causes of poverty. One of the many causes of poverty is recession. According to the Census Bureau, “The deep recession that began around December 2007 increased the U.S. poverty rate from 13.2 percent to 14.3 percent, its highest level since 1994 (Clemmitt 1). If the poverty rates keep increasing, then soon more and more individuals will live in poverty. Some of the individuals that will be living in poverty include children. Research shows that, “about 22% of children in the U.S. lived below the poverty line in 2013, compared with 18% in 2008”, as reported by 2015 Kids Count Databook Reported (Calfas p2). Since there was an increasing percentage of children in poverty, more solutions are necessary to solve the problem. It was proven that poverty among children is more likely than adults ever since the recession (Billitteri 1).
Another cause of poverty is an increase of unemployment. Jobs are necessary to make the money needed to support a family. Without a job, it is hard enough for an individual to support oneself, let alone an entire family. Due to the recession, unemployment rates skyrocketed, increasing the poverty rates dramatically in 2007 (Billitteri 1). The recession caused a galore of individuals to go unemployed, causing them to go into poverty. According to analyst Elizabeth Kneebone, “ 100 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, city, and suburban unemployment both nearly doubled between December 2007 and December 2009, rising to 10.3 percent in the 100 largest cities and to 9.3 percent in the suburbs” ( Billitteri 1). This goes to show that unemployment is a major cause of poverty.
An individual's responsibility has an impact on whether or not he/she is in poverty. Author Charles Murray reviewed 30 years of federal antipoverty programs that failed and concluded that it is not an individual's social factors that cause poverty, but a lack of responsibility ( Smith 2). His idea makes sense. If an individual does not have the willpower to complete the objective and get themselves out of poverty, then they probably won't get out of poverty. Just like Murray's viewpoint that an individual's lack of responsibility is the core cause of poverty, investing money to organizations would make enormous strides in decreasing poverty ( Smith 2). Knowing these causes will allow us individuals to know how to come up with solutions to prevent poverty in the future.
Knowing the causes of poverty allows individuals to come up with solutions. One way to decrease poverty is to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-originally called food stamps. Snap enrolled 43.5 million Americans in November 2010 (Billitteri 1). They greatly reduces the amount of poverty by allowing individuals to receive a certain amount of food for free each month. The recovery act kept more than “4.5 million people out of poverty” according to CBPP (Billitteri 1).The expansions of unemployment benefits helped keep 1.3 million people above the poverty line ( Billitteri 2). Those numbers may be small, but every little amount of help given is essential. “A simple cash subsidy say, $15,000 per year for every household- would give the poor and middle class a financial floor on which they could live,and take care of their loved ones” ( Isaacson 1). $15,000 per year would be a nice foundation to sit upon. If the individuals spend the money in the right way, then it would last a good while.
Another way to decrease poverty is by allowing children to have early education. As Ron Smith wrote in his article “Escaping Poverty”, “As a society, however, we have been reluctant to invest in early education even knowing that there is clear evidence it plays a major role in helping individuals escape poverty as adults” (Smith 2). Allowing children to start school early is a wonderful idea. A good program that provides a child with a great start in school is Head Start ( Smith 2). Another program that educated the public is Child Protection Services (CPS). CPS protects children from poverty, abuse, and any sort of harm a child could go through. This program is a really great way to make sure that children are treated right, and live a long healthy life.
Making sure more people are employed will drastically decrease the poverty levels. One way to do this is by creating jobs. In order to get back to prerecession employment levels, we must come up with 5.6 million new jobs. which at the speed we are going, it would take us to July 2018 (Vallas p5). This may seem like a long time, but if we as individuals start now, it will all be worth it at the end. The longer we wait, the longer until more individuals are above the poverty line. Once the new jobs are created, the government should raise the minimum wage. The minimum wage would only have to be raised to $10.10 per hour to lift more than 4 million Americans out of poverty ( Vallas p6). Even though some individuals argue that minimum wage is not supposed to support a family, it would be better for everyone if the minimum wage was raised. An amazing idea is to increase EITC for children workers. It is proven that EITC has helped more than 6.5 million Americans-including 3.3 million children avoid poverty ( Vallas 1). Those statistics may not be the largest but they are a lot better than zero children being helped. Children with EITC are more likely to graduate and have higher paying jobs as adults (Vallas 1). So it is better to increase EITC, so children will get these benefits and live better lives.
All things considered, with the statistics, causes, and solutions, America has the ability to recover from poverty. It just takes time and dedication that most Americans are not putting into it. I have taken up responsibility of collecting clothes for my church's clothing bank. Doing this allows individuals in poverty in our community to have clothes they need in which they can not afford. My question to you as a reader is, what are you going to do to prevent poverty? America can apply the solutions above, and become a better economy today.
Sources
Billitteri,Thomas J. “Domestic Poverty.”CQ Researcher (2007). Mass Ultra. 9 Nov. 2015.
Calfas, Jennifer. “More-poor-children-living -in-poverty-now-than-during-recession.” USA
Today. 21 July 2015.Web.9 Nov.2015.
Isaacson, Betsy. “End poverty by replacing the entire welfare system with universal basic
income.” Silver Bullets (2014). Mass Ultra.9/Nov. 2015.
Lynk,Myles.”introduction.” Human Rights 40.3 (2014): 1-25. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
Mattingly,Marybeth J.”More Poor Kids In More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where
Poverty persist. Issue Brief Number 38.”Carsey Institute (2011): ERIC. Web. 9 Nov.
2015.
“Poverty Facts.” Poverty USA. 2014, U.S. Census Bureau.Web. 9 Nov. 2015.
Smith, Ron. “ Preventing Poverty.” Washington Viewpoint (2013). Mass Ultra. 9 Nov. 2015
Vallas, Rebecca and Boteach, Melissa. “The top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the
Middle Class.” Center of American Progress. 17 Sept. 2014. Web. 9 Nov. 2015.
In America today, many citizens become homeless or end up in some form of poverty. The question is, what are we, in America, going to do to prevent poverty from becoming more of an issue? Poverty has been an issue throughout American history, and more households are falling into poverty every single day. America’s poverty rates can be shown through the statistics and causes, but there are many different observable solutions to this issue.
Poverty in the United States is on the ride each year. To begin with, in rural areas, 22% percent of American children lived in poverty, with more people in poverty in rural areas than urban ( Mattingly 1). Even though the statistic is still less than half of Americans, the percentage keeps rising and is a lot of individuals in poverty. In fact, research shows that in rural areas with endless children in poverty, an average of 8.1 workers were out of jobs in 2000 ( Mattingly 5). That is horrendous, because that is 8.1 percent of individuals that are not making the money necessary to support a family in the United States.
In the same way, there are numerous of examples of childhood poverty in the U.S. According to a report, a total of 18.7 million children lived in homes that made little money in 2013; these families used more than 30 percent of their income for their living environment (Calfas p4). This percentage may be small compared to the amount of individuals in the world, but no U.S. citizen should have to live like this with resources of a first world country. Research show that in the U.S., “ almost 15 percent of citizens ( and almost 20 percent of children) live in poverty. Of those, slightly under 2 percent live on less than $2 per person per day”( Isaacson 1). Absolutely no one in the world should only live off two dollars a day per person in their family. In the economy today, living off that much money would not get an individual very far. Likewise, in 2011, 1.5 million families, with 2.8 million children in total,lived in extreme poverty( Lynk 2). There are 2.8 million more children in poverty than there needs to be. In 2011, the long-term child poverty in the U.S. reached immense level, with 16.7 million children living in food-insecure homes ( Lynk 2). That’s a great deal of children that do not know what it is like to have a full stomach, let alone have food to eat everyday.
Another way to view poverty, is through nationwide statistics of poverty. For instance, A family of four that makes only $23.624 is considered below the poverty line (Calfas 1). That is a small amount of cash for a family of four. In the article, “ Poverty Facts”, the author states that in 2014, 47 million people in total lived in poverty in the U.S. (1). This meant that the poverty level was 15% (Poverty USA p1). 15% may be a small amount compared to the percentage of Americans in the U.S., but it is a good amount of people who are living a harsh life. For these percentages, the rate for blacks in 2014 was 26%, hispanics 24% and whites 10 (Poverty USA 1). America is working on a solution to fight poverty, but before a cure for poverty is established, individuals must first truly understand the causes.
There are many causes of poverty. One of the many causes of poverty is recession. According to the Census Bureau, “The deep recession that began around December 2007 increased the U.S. poverty rate from 13.2 percent to 14.3 percent, its highest level since 1994 (Clemmitt 1). If the poverty rates keep increasing, then soon more and more individuals will live in poverty. Some of the individuals that will be living in poverty include children. Research shows that, “about 22% of children in the U.S. lived below the poverty line in 2013, compared with 18% in 2008”, as reported by 2015 Kids Count Databook Reported (Calfas p2). Since there was an increasing percentage of children in poverty, more solutions are necessary to solve the problem. It was proven that poverty among children is more likely than adults ever since the recession (Billitteri 1).
Another cause of poverty is an increase of unemployment. Jobs are necessary to make the money needed to support a family. Without a job, it is hard enough for an individual to support oneself, let alone an entire family. Due to the recession, unemployment rates skyrocketed, increasing the poverty rates dramatically in 2007 (Billitteri 1). The recession caused a galore of individuals to go unemployed, causing them to go into poverty. According to analyst Elizabeth Kneebone, “ 100 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, city, and suburban unemployment both nearly doubled between December 2007 and December 2009, rising to 10.3 percent in the 100 largest cities and to 9.3 percent in the suburbs” ( Billitteri 1). This goes to show that unemployment is a major cause of poverty.
An individual's responsibility has an impact on whether or not he/she is in poverty. Author Charles Murray reviewed 30 years of federal antipoverty programs that failed and concluded that it is not an individual's social factors that cause poverty, but a lack of responsibility ( Smith 2). His idea makes sense. If an individual does not have the willpower to complete the objective and get themselves out of poverty, then they probably won't get out of poverty. Just like Murray's viewpoint that an individual's lack of responsibility is the core cause of poverty, investing money to organizations would make enormous strides in decreasing poverty ( Smith 2). Knowing these causes will allow us individuals to know how to come up with solutions to prevent poverty in the future.
Knowing the causes of poverty allows individuals to come up with solutions. One way to decrease poverty is to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-originally called food stamps. Snap enrolled 43.5 million Americans in November 2010 (Billitteri 1). They greatly reduces the amount of poverty by allowing individuals to receive a certain amount of food for free each month. The recovery act kept more than “4.5 million people out of poverty” according to CBPP (Billitteri 1).The expansions of unemployment benefits helped keep 1.3 million people above the poverty line ( Billitteri 2). Those numbers may be small, but every little amount of help given is essential. “A simple cash subsidy say, $15,000 per year for every household- would give the poor and middle class a financial floor on which they could live,and take care of their loved ones” ( Isaacson 1). $15,000 per year would be a nice foundation to sit upon. If the individuals spend the money in the right way, then it would last a good while.
Another way to decrease poverty is by allowing children to have early education. As Ron Smith wrote in his article “Escaping Poverty”, “As a society, however, we have been reluctant to invest in early education even knowing that there is clear evidence it plays a major role in helping individuals escape poverty as adults” (Smith 2). Allowing children to start school early is a wonderful idea. A good program that provides a child with a great start in school is Head Start ( Smith 2). Another program that educated the public is Child Protection Services (CPS). CPS protects children from poverty, abuse, and any sort of harm a child could go through. This program is a really great way to make sure that children are treated right, and live a long healthy life.
Making sure more people are employed will drastically decrease the poverty levels. One way to do this is by creating jobs. In order to get back to prerecession employment levels, we must come up with 5.6 million new jobs. which at the speed we are going, it would take us to July 2018 (Vallas p5). This may seem like a long time, but if we as individuals start now, it will all be worth it at the end. The longer we wait, the longer until more individuals are above the poverty line. Once the new jobs are created, the government should raise the minimum wage. The minimum wage would only have to be raised to $10.10 per hour to lift more than 4 million Americans out of poverty ( Vallas p6). Even though some individuals argue that minimum wage is not supposed to support a family, it would be better for everyone if the minimum wage was raised. An amazing idea is to increase EITC for children workers. It is proven that EITC has helped more than 6.5 million Americans-including 3.3 million children avoid poverty ( Vallas 1). Those statistics may not be the largest but they are a lot better than zero children being helped. Children with EITC are more likely to graduate and have higher paying jobs as adults (Vallas 1). So it is better to increase EITC, so children will get these benefits and live better lives.
All things considered, with the statistics, causes, and solutions, America has the ability to recover from poverty. It just takes time and dedication that most Americans are not putting into it. I have taken up responsibility of collecting clothes for my church's clothing bank. Doing this allows individuals in poverty in our community to have clothes they need in which they can not afford. My question to you as a reader is, what are you going to do to prevent poverty? America can apply the solutions above, and become a better economy today.
Sources
Billitteri,Thomas J. “Domestic Poverty.”CQ Researcher (2007). Mass Ultra. 9 Nov. 2015.
Calfas, Jennifer. “More-poor-children-living -in-poverty-now-than-during-recession.” USA
Today. 21 July 2015.Web.9 Nov.2015.
Isaacson, Betsy. “End poverty by replacing the entire welfare system with universal basic
income.” Silver Bullets (2014). Mass Ultra.9/Nov. 2015.
Lynk,Myles.”introduction.” Human Rights 40.3 (2014): 1-25. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
Mattingly,Marybeth J.”More Poor Kids In More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where
Poverty persist. Issue Brief Number 38.”Carsey Institute (2011): ERIC. Web. 9 Nov.
2015.
“Poverty Facts.” Poverty USA. 2014, U.S. Census Bureau.Web. 9 Nov. 2015.
Smith, Ron. “ Preventing Poverty.” Washington Viewpoint (2013). Mass Ultra. 9 Nov. 2015
Vallas, Rebecca and Boteach, Melissa. “The top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the
Middle Class.” Center of American Progress. 17 Sept. 2014. Web. 9 Nov. 2015.
Journal
1.10/13/15- good/ bad qualities of Evansville
Evansville is a decent town. It has both it’s good and bad qualities. Some good qualities are that it’s neither a big or small town. It's a medium sized town. Another quality is The annual events that occur that other towns don’t have. Evansville has the Fall Festival and certain events that take place at the Ohio river. It also some bad qualities. The qualities that are bad are just like all the other towns. They are how evansville is boring , and there is nothing to do. Well if you live somewhere for a certain amount of time, then it will start to get boring. Any place will get boring after a while. Individuals can find something fun to do, if they go out and seek it. Evansville can be both a good and bad place to live.
Evansville is a decent town. It has both it’s good and bad qualities. Some good qualities are that it’s neither a big or small town. It's a medium sized town. Another quality is The annual events that occur that other towns don’t have. Evansville has the Fall Festival and certain events that take place at the Ohio river. It also some bad qualities. The qualities that are bad are just like all the other towns. They are how evansville is boring , and there is nothing to do. Well if you live somewhere for a certain amount of time, then it will start to get boring. Any place will get boring after a while. Individuals can find something fun to do, if they go out and seek it. Evansville can be both a good and bad place to live.