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 would do this because people always try to
do better then the people around them.
This competitiveness might force
people to work overtime or even two jobs in order to make more than the people
around them. There are some major costs
that both poverty's have on
society. These costs include: In areas of high poverty there are usually
the same areas of high violence. A second cost to society might be that some
people in poverty might become welfare dependent, this means that they rely
solely on welfare to pay for everything
and they don't even try to find a job of there own. These negative costs definitely outweigh the benefits.
If I had control of the poverty situation in the United States I
would only try to eliminate absolute poverty.
I first would raise the taxes of the rich and the upper middle class. Then I
would raise the tax on alcohol and tobacco. Then I would
do some refinancing of governments spending. With all the money that this creates I
would setup cheep but nice government
housing, government grocery stores and government clothing stores. Then I would setup a job training program
that gives poor people government jobs.
I would also send the best teachers
to the ghetto schools. These
programs will not work unless the poor work to get out of there citations.
I can invasion a society without absolute poverty and without relative
poverty. In a society without absolute
poverty everyone that could work would have a job, there would be little crime
just a great place to live. In a society
without relative poverty people would all have the same wealth there would be
no competition to be better then anyone.
This type of society is only possible in the imagination.
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 would do this because people always try to
do better then the people around them.
This competitiveness might force
people to work overtime or even two jobs in order to make more than the people
around them. There are some major costs
that both poverty's have on
society. These costs include: In areas of high poverty there are usually
the same areas of high violence. A second cost to society might be that some
people in poverty might become welfare dependent, this means that they rely
solely on welfare to pay for everything
and they don't even try to find a job of there own. These negative costs definitely outweigh the benefits.
If I had control of the poverty situation in the United States I
would only try to eliminate absolute poverty.
I first would raise the taxes of the rich and the upper middle
class. Then I would raise the tax on
alcohol and tobacco. Then I
would do some refinancing of governments
spending. With all the money that this
creates I would setup cheep but nice
government housing, government grocery stores and government clothing
stores. Then I would setup a job
training program that gives poor people government jobs. I would also send the best teachers to the ghetto schools. These programs will not work unless the poor
work to get out of there citations.
I can invasion a society without absolute poverty and without relative
poverty. In a society without absolute
poverty everyone that could work would have a job, there would be little crime
just a great place to live. In a society
without relative poverty people would all have the same wealth there would be
no competition to be better then anyone.
This type of society is only possible in the imagination.
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 would do this because people always try to
do better then the people around them.
This competitiveness might force
people to work overtime or even two jobs in order to make more than the people
around them. There are some major costs
that both poverty's have on
society. These costs include: In areas of high poverty there are usually
the same areas of high violence. A second cost to society might be that some
people in poverty might become welfare dependent, this means that they rely
solely on welfare to pay for everything
and they don't even try to find a job of there own. These negative costs definitely outweigh the benefits.
If I had control of the poverty situation in the United States I
would only try to eliminate absolute poverty.
I first would raise the taxes of the rich and the upper middle class. Then I
would raise the tax on alcohol and tobacco. Then I would
do some refinancing of governments spending. With all the money that this creates I
would setup cheep but nice government
housing, government grocery stores and government clothing stores. Then I would setup a job training program
that gives poor people government jobs.
I would also send the best teachers
to the ghetto schools. These
programs will not work unless the poor work to get out of there citations.
I can invasion a society without absolute poverty and without relative
poverty. In a society without absolute
poverty everyone that could work would have a job, there would be little crime
just a great place to live. In a society
without relative poverty people would all have the same wealth there would be
no competition to be better then anyone.
This type of society is only possible in the imagination.
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
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