The U.S. minimum wage is currently set at $7.25. Employees working at minimum wage are not able to support their families and are in poverty.
Poverty should end
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minimum wage is growing to be a big issue workers aren't getting paid enough to support themselves and or their families which is causing these goo...
People treat homeless people wrong and i want to stop it!
There are way more problems America should be paying more attention to. We need to take these issues seriously, while we still have time.
Poverty is a serious issue in America and the world. Many people in America live in Poverty.
Homelessness is a very pivotal issue in this country and deserves to be addressed with scrupulous attention. There are around 319 million Americans...
This is a short letter about issues I hope the next president will address.
I believe that impoverished people should have the same job opportunity as wealthier people.
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The lack of access to water and proper sanitation endangers the lives of many African communities.
This letter is about poverty and what the new president can do to reduce the number of people in poverty.
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Poverty is a growing issue in America that needs to be stopped.
In the world today there are many problems including poverty, racism, and terrorism. Racism is the big issue and needs to stop. People have been h...
Some kids don't get to participate in sports because of the high prices.
We need to distribute the wealth to keep lower income families out of poverty.
Women and at risk students deserve equal opportunity.
Parents in a situation like poverty cannot just be careless of their kids.
Poverty needs to come to an end.
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We should have a unique taxing way for each person, based on their monthly income.
The population of people in poverty is rising. Poverty needs to stop now.
I believe that one of the most important issues in our nation today that needs to be addressed is the distribution of wealth and the quality of our...
We need to help the poor to live a better life.More than 1.3 billion people are poor and we need to help.
How to help and view people in poverty around the world. People around the world that live in poverty are looked at completely differently, they ar...
In this passage I talk about the issue and side effects of homelessness and how it could be stopped or prevented.
This letter is to the future president about the growing concerns in this country that need to be addressed if we are going to restore it to its or...
poverty should be ended
A popular, and very critical issue that is prominent in the news, revolves around police brutality against black people. However, a long standing p...
Growing up Hispanic in the lower middle class is hard enough but when applying to college it gets harder.
Mentally ill people are being blamed for gun by politicians and media violence when the real problem for gun violence is poverty.
Do you ever see people begging for money and food, with their family or animals on the street? I do all the time. My goal is to make Shelters easie...
How is the U.S. a "Rich Country" when its own people are starving or barely even have enough money to live off of.
I think that the most important thing we can do is to save the lives of those who are in poverty who can’t afford basic resources.
Our current immigration policies affect poverty, separation of family, and stereotyping.
For many years, our economy has been digging itself deeper and deeper into a mountain of debt. With our lives submerged far under this mountain, it...
Millions suffer the plague of poverty, no one deserves it.
We need to stop poverty.
The lives of the people in Central America are getting worse everyday, and because of that they migrate here to live a better life, but the U.S gov...
Although it may sound desirable, the raising of America's minimum wage could have many negative repercussions that many people have not anticipated.
The current federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour. Thousands of workers work 40 hours a week and still live in poverty. It is almost impo...
The American Dream is often promoted by the government as something every American should strive to achieve, yet the stereotypical image that it is...
No one should be insidiously wealthy and over fed when they're are people starving and homeless.
How poverty affects many people in America
As homeless continues to rise as a concern in America, us willing to take a stand and help must take action now.
Lowering College tuition
A realistic look at how school funding hurts the innocent children of our country.
As you may know, the US economy is slowly declining. This letter explains some ways that this economy can be improved, such as an increase in minim...
The Favelas are Shanty towns located in Brazil.
Sometimes the world may not be as perfect as it seems.
Homelessness and poverty are some of the biggest problems in America right now. 564,708 people are homeless today in America which is an insane amo...
Philadelphia resident Anthony Rivera addresses both presidential candidates through a spoken word poem, asking them to address the poverty he sees ...
The amount of homeless people is rising and they are thought to be horrible people.
In many countries women are not granted the right to an education due to poverty. In many cases women are viewed as housewives. They marry at a yo...
"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor" - James Baldwin
Native American families living in poverty.
Poverty is a problem in the world today. So many people die from starvation in the world.
Poverty in America is rising ,because the minimum wage is low, pricing of housing is high, and people are unable to sustain a healthy diet due to l...
Poverty is a huge problem worldwide and we have to stop it. Let's start with our country.
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I'm writing about how America is in dept and the people who are as well having trouble paying the taxes
Most immigrants in the Unites States took a risk on leaving their families to have better lives and chances toward their future.
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The next president should make college prices cheaper
Why we should get rid of poverty in the US
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The wealth gap is the root of poverty, thus in order to solve poverty we must talk about the wealth gap and what we're doing to bridge the gap.
Reasoning and statistics on why we should not raise the current minimum wage.
What can the next President do to support tax reform and legislation that will support small businesses and working class families instead of the w...
There is too many people in America living in poverty!
Ferriday's poverty rate is getting out hand each and every year. Ferriday's poverty level is currently at 47.6%. The unemployment rate is at 18.7% ...
The one thing that money cannot buy.
A letter about why poverty needs to be looked at more closely, and in turn, fixed.
With homelessness on the rise in some of our country’s most populated cities, organizations in the U.S. argue that the government needs to step in ...
Poverty is a huge problem on not only a national level, but also on a global level. Men and women have spouses and children to feed and provide for...
With everything that has been said in my letter all I ask is that you take into consideration how we feel about the situations going on in our coun...
The criminal justice system is becoming more unfair for this country more and more every day.
We should help the homeless if they want to better their lives.
Dear Future President, You as the President have to be empathetic and can't fear change. You have to be willing to compromise, bot not when it's...
Lets put World Hunger to a stop!
How I feel about poverty, and that the next future president should do something about it.
The minimum wage would effect the country in negative ways.
World Hunger affects millions of people. With a little help from us, we can put an end to our dilemma.
There are many starving people out there, we need to fix this problem. Poverty is one reason for hunger. Poverty causes people to not be able to af...
The United States has the 2nd highest poverty rate in the world
A short letter expressing my concerns on the poverty in our nation.
We need to eradicate the issue of poverty before it spirals out of our control.
This is how poverty affects people.
Why and how we should end poverty.
Poverty in the US
My view on poverty, and the great ripple effect that it causes.
Why is the poverty rate so high? And why haven't we attempted to lower it?
The misuse of food stamps should be stopped.
This letter is expressing my concern for the rising healthcare cost.
Poverty is one of the biggest issues in the word. Many people are living on the streets and are unable to afford the things they need to survive.
Is Anything ACTUALLY Free?