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Yes! Poverty in rates New York City are exceptionally high and we must find ways to lower them.

-K

“According to the NYU Furman Center, Focus on Poverty, NYC’s poverty rate is usually between 19-21%. Even though this doesn’t seem too bad for such a big state, it is. Shockingly, this is ABOVE the national rate. 19-21% means 1.7 millions New Yorkers living in poverty”.

https://peopleoverpoverty.home.blog/2019/03/25/poverty-in-nyc/

In today’s society, everyone refers to themselves as poor, without being in actual poverty. Just because you do not have enough money to purchase something at the time being, does not mean you are poor. We as a society throw the word “poverty” around without actually LIVING in poverty.

-K

In our time today Poverty is rather significantly high in the Philippines and in other countries. You need money to buy food. You need money to send your own kids to school and to go to other places. Basically, you need money to survive in this harsh world. These are all costs of being poor. You cannot do or should I say cannot do what you ‘need’ or wants to be able to simply because you are poor. Those people who are barely able to pay for food and shelter simply can’t consider these other expenses.  When people are excluded within a society, when they are not well educated and when they have a higher incidence of illness, there are negative consequences for society. and could cause a social barrier between the people in the vicinity.

https://cutesiedwardcom.home.blog/2019/01/23/73/

Many people believe that an end to poverty is easy to achieve. However, it is certainly not that easy to put an end to poverty.

1. Pay out of current government moneys
There are many benefits to the economy:
-more economic activity, so more taxes
-less need for benefits, so less government costs
-reduced minimum wage, so more employment, so again more taxes
-less crimes of desperation
-more intelligent behaviour from the poor (yes)
-disincentive to immigration, as would apply to citizens only; there is also less incentive for people to move from other countries with a similar policy
-reduced inequality means reduced discontent with governments
-of course, you would net off against current tax and benefit schedules so that most people were not directly affected and continued to be paid the same as previously
-etc.

https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/106106236/posts/11898

Many, if not all, of these ideas are flawed. For example, if more taxes are put in place, then many low income families will be subject to poverty, destroying it’s purpose. This, and many of the suggestions above, would create more panic rather than help the issue at hand.

-K

There are many ways to help out those in poverty. However in order to help, we need to be able to understand people in poverty and their struggles. To do this we must have a value lens or have the ability see the situation in impoverished persons point of views.

-K

But first, so we are all on the same page, let’s define some terms. According to the Sociology Dictionary, “Poverty is broken down into absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is the same regardless of country or culture and occurs when the resources required for minimum physical health are lacking, typically defined by no access to food, clothing, and shelter. Relative poverty is determined by income distribution over a given population and is culturally defined relative to societal norms” (Open education sociology dictionary, 2013). 

https://cmst150poverty.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/poverty-communication-through-values-lens/