Poverty

Introduction

Poverty is a social problem because its effects are felt in society as a whole. It is understood that poverty is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that indicates a lack of income of an individual to meet their basic needs. Poverty "is a social problem or deprivation of access to services (education, health) or ability to make decisions" Here the author mentioned refers to poverty as a social problem involving exclusion course individual's access to basic services like education, health being held hostage by a system of dependency that does not allow you to make decisions when choosing.

Analysis

According to the Census Bureau U.S. 1, in 2009 the country had 46.5 million people considered poor. They are poor people in America living below the poverty line, which is set to $ 13,000 / year for a family of four. Represent 13.8% of the registered population. This corresponds to seven and a half million families or 10.8% of American families. Is it lot or a little? In the European Union have 57 million poor, or people living below the poverty line. (In Spain, according to this measure, poor people would have a net annual income of less than one million pesetas). In any case, both the European Union and the United States, the existence of the number of poor is regrettable (Atkins, 274-283). However, it is especially unfair to countries with much wealth and waste. The problem of poverty in America is particularly important because it represents a shadow of the splendor and the counterpoint of the chords can be presented at as a model of American capitalism. The annual per capita income was U.S. $ 26.000 in 1995 (almost double that of Spain). With little unemployment, -4.7% of the economically active population in late 2007 - with several years of sustained growth without inflation, it appears that the conditions necessary and sufficient to eliminate poverty. The poor make up a substantial part of American society and are a key outcome of the model (Atkins, 274-283).

Poverty in the United States should warn us of the evils of unbridled capitalism model that is still trying to develop in that country. That is not Jauja; the American model has large, well-recognized costs of deprivation and human suffering. In this book, we will try to approach this reality and analyze the root causes, the remedies that are being and prospects for the future. Data from the Census Bureau of the United States, which collected extensive data on individuals and families surveyed, show that from 1994 to 1995 the traditional measures of poverty show better results. In 2005, there were 1.6 million fewer poor in 1994 and the poverty rate had declined from 14.5% to 13.8% a year later. In any way, the poverty rate is more than thirty years ago, when as a result of the social measures of JF Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson especially with his "Great Society Program" (Great Society Program), was reduced to 10%, from 22% it had reached in ...