The land of the free is suffering from a 'self-inflicted' injustice when it comes to poverty, experts told Newsweek.
"I can't disagree with this position more," Matthew Desmond, sociologist, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of the book."I think that there's a ton of evidence that government programs are effective [in fighting poverty]. We don't have to live with all this poverty in America.""For 50 years, the poverty rate in the U.S.
"Over the last 30 or 40 years, the U.S. has done a pretty good job in terms of creating new jobs, but many of those jobs are low-paying jobs, jobs that don't have benefits like health insurance," he said."Another big structural failing is that the U.S. does not have a very robust social safety net to protect people from falling into poverty," he continued.
On top of that, Desmond said, we continue to create segregationist communities, where the most wealthy neighborhoods are inaccessible to those on lower incomes. But during the pandemic, this mindset suddenly changed. People realized that if so many were struggling to make ends meet, it was for reasons above their will—the spread of a deadly virus that led to business closures and major disruptions.
The pandemic might have changed the way Americans see poverty—but it was only temporary. When these investments ended after the health emergency was to be considered concluded, the situation for many living on the verge of poverty got worse, Riddell said."People are facing higher inflation, which is really proving a challenge for many households."Can We Finally End Poverty?
"Getting low-wage workers' wages up to a decent level would be a substantial benefit in terms of reducing poverty," he said."I think those are two things that can be done, there's no reason why we can't." , a majority of Democrats , independents , and Republicans , believe that more economic growth will better help people in poverty.John McCain
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