Why The U.S. Can’t End Poverty

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37.9 million Americans are currently living in poverty, accounting for 11.6% of the total population. That’s despite the fact that America ranks first as the richest nation in the world in terms of GDP. Poverty in the U.S. is not only a humanitarian crisis but an economic one as well. About 11% of the federal budget, or $665 billion goes to economic security programs every year. Child poverty alone is estimated to cost the U.S. over $1 trillion based on the latest research. So how did poverty become such a big issue in the U.S. and why is it so difficult to end it?

Chapters:
0:00 — Introduction
02:22 — Reasons
06:50 — Measuring poverty
10:59 — Solutions

Produced by: Juhohn Lee
Supervising Producer: Lindsey Jacobson
Graphics: Christina Locopo
Additional Camera by: Charlotte Morabito
Special thanks to: River Fund

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Why The U.S. Can’t End Poverty

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39 COMMENTS

  1. Is it a crazy that this all blew up when the Democrats took office? But when we had Republicans in office we were thriving I wonder why that is did they let us keep more of our money absolutely did they actually care about us and not want to keep us in a dark placeso that they owned us and our vote yeah stop voting Democrat if you do get your mental health checked

  2. This is propaganda and a lie, the 94 Billion dollars that you wanted to give to Israel and Ukraine would have helped. As a matter of fact, they’re back lying to the American people saying that inflation is high and that there isn’t any money an yet, they’re still saving the 94 Billion dollars 💵 for Israel and Ukraine. It was never stated that America had a surplus of money for foreign aid. For an atheist nation Israel and a communist state, Ukraine of the USSR. This shows the mass corruption of the media and of the American government 😮

  3. I think nowadays your better off being a slave because atleast you will have things like food and shelter for work instead of working all the time and not being able to have basic things like food

  4. ❤😮❤ What Congress retirement is 15,000 a month. While they lowered the spousal social security benefits to 30% starting in 2024 January 1st. But their retirement is protected😂

  5. TAMLA TANETTE MOORE IS THE MOST HIGH AND UNSTOPPABLE TOO..THIS EARTH 🌎 IS STILL TURTLE 🐢 ISLAND 🏝️..WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE ASE AHO..THE HUNT IS ON 😵☠️🐇🐇💥💥💥

  6. Because we have greedy congressmen unlike their time they had people who went tho the depression and understand poverty. This guys are greedy self serving servants.

    We need the public services like Vladimir Zelensky the people's servant

  7. THE

    ECONOMY

    DEPENDS ON

    DEBT TO KEEP

    PEOPLE

    WORKING

    TO PAY THEIR

    BILLS!

    SIMPLE, IT WAS

    PLANNED A

    LONG TIME AGO!

    THE HORSE 🐎

    PULLS THE

    WAGON TRYING

    TO GET THE

    CARROT 🥕

    HANGING ON

    THE STRING

    IN FRONT OF

    HIM!

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    NEVER GETS

    THE CARROT 🥕.

    GOT IT?

  8. The USA, the richest country with the highest debt!! Instead of giving the money away, through interests that we owe on each dollar borrowed to the financiers, why not create our own money without interest, like Kennedy and Lincoln tried to do?? Why should Americans be controlled, by a few strangers?? Why can’t we come together on a so basic question?? THEY DON T KNOW WHAT THEY RE SAYING!!! Read the Michael journal

  9. What most people don't understand is that minimum wage was only designed for high school kids starting to work. Beyond that you should never be at a minimum wage job, but it seems to be the norm nowadays which is wrong.

  10. then can end poverty they just don't want to. rich people are greedy they get richer and the poor gets poorer they care nothing about you. that's how the illuminati is and sometimes they will make it so black people and others cant get nothing no where. they can make you look really good on tv are they can make you look really bad they have the power to they have power over woman and men just saying and they are in your business all the time so they can keep you poor so you cant get over just saying.

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