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...
"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor" - James Baldwin
I’m a 17-year-old high school senior that is looking at colleges and potential job careers. Looking down the road, I cannot stress how important jo...
I am asking the next president to focus on making people safe so that they can enjoy life.
Students pay too much for college. Education should be accessible to everyone.
The minimum wage must be raised to help around 1.7 million people in the United States to stay out of poverty.
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 ...
No one should be insidiously wealthy and over fed when they're are people starving and homeless.
Homeless people around my community is increasing and over crowding the streets.
Poverty
Poverty is a problem in the world today. So many people die from starvation in the world.
The homeless of the country are looked down upon hundreds of times per day, but what if they didn't have to be homeless?
The United States needs to stop fighting in the biggest mistake we've made yet, the War in the Middle East.
World Hunger affects millions of people. With a little help from us, we can put an end to our dilemma.
Our country's infrastructure is in ruins.
Poverty needs to come to an end.
Please read our desperate desire for a better environment.
In my letter to the president, I will address multiple topics including: immigration, race, and other influential and controversial themes.
Thousands of Americans experience homelessness every day, every hour, every minute, and every second. We need to take charge and help change their ...
The greatest problem facing our country 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...
The United States of America is no longer a model economy for other nations, we need to make steps to ensure our people have jobs and well paying j...
There are many places all over the world that are in poverty and we can't over look this issue. We need to all join together and address this probl...
There is a lot of homeless people in the world. Can the next president help the homeless?
Minimum wage affects the lives of others and if it's not raised, it can change the way the world lives.
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...
There are lots of people that get into this country illegally. These people are not always a threat, but they can be. Some people who come int...
With immigration in the news, I interviewed my mother about my grandmother's immigration story from the Dominican Republic.
Our Nation needs to gang up on the obstacle of unemployment!
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...
So many jobs go unfilled because Americans are not qualified for them. At a time when there is a seismic shift in our economy, people need ways to...
Poverty occurs throughout the whole world. No one should have to go through "Poverty".
There are way more problems America should be paying more attention to. We need to take these issues seriously, while we still have time.
The minimum wage needs to be raised to $15 dollars. One cannot raise a family with anything lower than that an hour. Let's fix this problem.
Homelessness is a huge problem around the world and society is just making it worse. Whoever the next president is must take action in this, but ho...
Poverty needs to addressed as it affects not only adults but children as well.
I believe that impoverished people should have the same job opportunity as wealthier people.
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.
Letter to the next leader of our country
In order to sustain a better economy, we need to create more jobs and more job opportunities.
This letter is about poverty in America and how we need to realize there is more to someone's story than what we see.
How I Feel About Immigration
Poverty is a problem all over the world from all the way in Africa to as close to your own backyard. At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $1...
Money is a gatekeeper of opportunity and that’s why it is crucial to invest money towards people. It is time for every American to earn a living wa...
Healthcare is way overpriced. This affects a great amount of the population and causes job unemployment, poverty, and much more. This must change!
This letter to the future president of the United States of America states one simple issue. This issue is the poverty that is around the community...
We have both an obesity problem and a starvation problem. People in the bronx, people in every state, and around the world, don’t have money to put...
The lack of job skills taught in my school and schools across the nation do not benefit the students going to school and hoping to get a job as we ...
An alarming amount of food is being wasted, at the same time that millions of Americans are struggling to put food on the table.
I’m a fifteen year old student who lives in California and there are a few problems I would like to address that must be resolved. These problems a...
The one thing that money cannot buy.
Most of the kids will die on their way to the U.S. The only reason they are coming is because they are not having a good life.
"In America, just over 16 million children live in households where they have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet."
Everyone everywhere deserves a chance to be successful.
Parents in a situation like poverty cannot just be careless of their kids.
Poverty is a huge deal globally, so what can we do?
I want to increase the income for single parent families who are struggling to take care of there kids because of their small incomes. This is very...
People are being affected by poverty everyday, and if we don't prevent it, more and more people will suffer.
Taxes are scewed to benefit the wealthy
People of our county you're supposed to guide are below the poverty line or struggling to pay bills make ends meet. So what are you going to do abo...
Why we should raise the minimum wage?
In this passage I talk about the issue and side effects of homelessness and how it could be stopped or prevented.
Will we eventually have to resort to Communism?
Illegal immigrants have caused terrorist attacks in the United States. They are also stealing Americans jobs. All of the illegal immigrants need to...
Wait for it...Wait for it...Bam, and Global Warming has just ruined everything.
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...
We need to focus more on the real issues that come with immigration
In North Dakota, coal and oil are important parts of our lives. We need them for the time being.
There are too many homeless people in the United States.
Why is the poverty rate so high? And why haven't we attempted to lower it?
The children in the foster care system are constantly being thrown from home to home, without any regard for whether or not the homes are safe. Als...
An issue that needs to be addressed and can't be ignored.
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...
Read about the solutions we can take to reduce the poverty rate in America.
There is too many people in America living in poverty!
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...
We need to raise minimum wage, so it can help low income families.
Women's Equal Rights
The federal minimum wage needs to be raised in order for US citizens to prosper and have a more fulfilling life.
The government is doing a fine job at making sure the rich people are getting richer, but what are they doing for those who do not have a lot of mo...
Try to find homes for all the homeless so they can stay safe and healthy. The president needs to help stop homelessness and talk to businesses to a...
Getting everyone an education is the first step to reducing the poverty levels in the United States.
