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Abolishing Poverty In The U.S

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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 getting money for food ,
clothing, or shelter.  People who are absolutely poor have a rough time getting
money to put food on the table one day  and the next day they might not have any
money to put food on the table. Not all people who are relatively poor are
absolutely poor, but, all people who are absolutely poor are relatively poor.
These types of poor are found all throughout the world especially in
underdeveloped countries.  In the United States  a  advanced  well-developed
country both absolute and relative poverty are present throughout the country.

     I think that absolute poverty has no beneficial purposes to society.
However, relative poverty does have beneficial functions.  I think that relative
poverty can make people competitive.  It...

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