A look at the connection between immigration and poverty.
The misuse of food stamps should be stopped.
The minimum wage should be raised to $10.10 (www.alternet.org) rather than the current $7.25 because young Americans need a reliable income, and ra...
America's problems related to poverty, and possible solutions
Sometimes the world may not be as perfect as it seems.
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Geneva VanHorn draws upon personal experience in calling for more support to prevent and address homelessness in our communities.
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...
Poverty is a huge thing worldwide and we need to do something so that it can be fixed.
The minimum wage must be raised to help around 1.7 million people in the United States to stay out of poverty.
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...
The Favelas are Shanty towns located in Brazil.
Philadelphia resident Anthony Rivera addresses both presidential candidates through a spoken word poem, asking them to address the poverty he sees ...
issues with poverty
The minimum wage is certainly not enough to live on, resulting in impoverished areas across the US.
I am asking the next president to focus on making people safe so that they can enjoy life.
As of 2014, 45 million people out of 318.9 million people are living in poverty in the United States.
Illegal immigration is hurting the american economy. Illegal immigrants take jobs away from Americans which puts them in poverty.
I feel that the cost to adopt should go way down in order for more parents to be able to adopt and more children be able to find good homes.
The official definition for immigration: The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. However, the definition of illegal immigrat...
A short letter expressing my concerns on the poverty in our nation.
Poverty
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...
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...
There are Millions of people in poverty with no food, water, or shelter. Something should be done about that to help others lives.
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...
Leave minimum wage alone.
Poverty in one of the richest countries in the world isn't something to overlook.
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...
We need to eradicate the issue of poverty before it spirals out of our control.
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...
In this passage I talk about the issue and side effects of homelessness and how it could be stopped or prevented.
There is no reason that we can not help solve poverty and homelessness.
Differences in income cause the American education system to be biased against lower-income students.
Income Inequality is hurting our country, and our people.
Reasoning and statistics on why we should not raise the current minimum wage.
Taxes are scewed to benefit the wealthy
Millions suffer the plague of poverty, no one deserves it.
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 population of people in poverty is rising. Poverty needs to stop now.
An alarming amount of food is being wasted, at the same time that millions of Americans are struggling to put food on the table.
Minimum wage/ taxes and its effects on poverty
In this I write about the homeless population
We don't need money for a wall, but we need money for our future
Are you proud of yourself knowing there are people out there going through poverty?No.I thought so.Then do something about it.
A realistic look at how school funding hurts the innocent children of our country.
The minimum wage would effect the country in negative ways.
Poverty is a large problem, and so many children are not getting a good education due to poor funding to high-poverty areas, and because poverty ca...
Those who may not be the most politically or financially in your campaign due to poverty are the ones who need your help and advocacy the most.
How I feel about poverty, and that the next future president should do something about it.
Why and how we should end poverty.
"In America, just over 16 million children live in households where they have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet."
We all know that a solution to a big problem cannot be realistically executed in a matter of hours, that is why I am asking you to actually look in...
Although it may sound desirable, the raising of America's minimum wage could have many negative repercussions that many people have not anticipated.
Help the working individuals.
Poverty is a serious issue in America and the world. Many people in America live in Poverty.
We need to help the poor to live a better life.More than 1.3 billion people are poor and we need to help.
Children who attend low-income schools are not getting equal educations.
In this letter, I assert that gun violence is a huge crisis in the U.S. Young teenagers (mostly African Americans), are meeting untimely deaths due...
Mentally ill people are being blamed for gun by politicians and media violence when the real problem for gun violence is poverty.
There should be no poverty. Everyone should have the bare minimums such as food, water, and shelter.
This letter is about child poverty and what the next president should do about this problem.
Poverty is a huge deal globally, so what can we do?
Why is the poverty rate so high? And why haven't we attempted to lower it?
No one should be insidiously wealthy and over fed when they're are people starving and homeless.
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This text describes what extreme poverty contributes to people’s daily lives.
Our current immigration policies affect poverty, separation of family, and stereotyping.
I wrote a letter to our next president regarding the issue of poverty.
How is the U.S. a "Rich Country" when its own people are starving or barely even have enough money to live off of.
Poverty is serious issue that doesn't affect all of us, but it affects our Nation.
There are way more problems America should be paying more attention to. We need to take these issues seriously, while we still have time.
This letter addresses the need for the government to help students get help with their mental health disorders.
Native American families living in poverty.
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...
Poverty- The state of being poor, hungry ,sick, and sad
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...
Poverty is decreasing in the US. But if certain incomes are going to be taken away the poverty level would increase.
Poverty occurs throughout the whole world. No one should have to go through "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...
Many Americans live in poverty with the number fluctuating year by year, but the effects it leaves on families is embedded into their lives.
I am a junior from Lafayette, Louisiana. As a high school student, I have noticed the changes in our country involving education, jobs, and poverty...
We need to stop poverty.
Our next president needs to deal with global poverty issues
A letter to the president that addresses the problem of classist education in America.
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!
We need a higher minimum wage for our citizens to have a living wage.
The American Dream is often promoted by the government as something every American should strive to achieve, yet the stereotypical image that it is...
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...
There are 43 million people living in poverty in our country. This is a serious problem. If the United States is suppose to be one of the greatest ...
This letter is about how many people in the U.S.A. live without the 5 basic needs. This letter is also a persuasive note to you, saying that our Co...
Minimum Wage
There is too many people in America living in poverty!
I'm writing about how America is in dept and the people who are as well having trouble paying the taxes
We need to distribute the wealth to keep lower income families out of poverty.
Millions of Americans struggle with hunger and food insecurity. This should be dealt with more efficiently.
The United States of America does not need to raise its Minimum Wage to $15.00 dollars and hour, It will only hurt us more!
