Poverty In American Cities

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The problems of poverty in American cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are not much different from today. Poverty exists everywhere from the nation’s largest cities to the rural back country and also around the world. There are millions of Americans who have not experienced what most of us experience everyday. My feeling towards poverty is as such: the poor are poor because the rich are rich. The rich have the power to establish trade, and the poor do not. This seems to favor their interests more than those who are suffering from poverty. Poverty in American cities is something that has always been existent, something that has been and might always be a problem. In that, it is a crisis that will never be truly solved; although there may be numerous solutions in solving the problem.
There are many programs that have aided in lowering the high risk of poverty; such as social security, food stamps, and housing assistance. Without these benefits, people would be a lot worse than what you see now. These programs have helped, but are not enough to exterminate poverty. There is a history of poverty in America, and one government program that opened the door to a new and better life for many of the poor people in the United States was, “War on Poverty”. This program gave people the chance to accomplish things they never thought possible… like being happy. This program not only helped the poor, but also improved the economy by increasing the United States’ output. Although this program was not one hundred percent guaranteed, it did a lot of good for the poor and in some cases triggered ideas of other social programs in years to come. “War on Poverty” was a program that educated and trained those in need with the required skills to keep up with the fast-paced society. The program was designed to try to enhance the quality of all American life, the people and the economy, and with the minimum amount of obst...