Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Poverty Line
My topic is how the government established poverty line is not sufficient to actually support a person living in the United States. The U. S. government establishes the poverty line by drawing a line where 12 to 17 percent are below the line, and 40 percent fall below this line within a ten year period. Fifty-eight percent of Americans will spend at least one year below the poverty line. The United States was ranked tenth out of sixteen developed countries. Established by President Johnson, "The "absolute poverty line" is the threshold below which families or individuals are considered to be lacking the resources to meet the basic needs for healthy living; having insufficient income to provide the food, shelter and clothing needed to preserve health." Poverty line only includes income not welfare benefits.
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This is going to be an interesting paper. Make sure you narrow down your topic so it is very specific. I think it is interesting how poverty lines are totally different in different parts of the world. I wonder what you will choose to focus on and look forward to reading the paper!
This could be a tricky subject on finding information. But i think that if you do get great research and back up claims i think this will be a successful paper.
How often does the government adjust the poverty line? Obviously inflation will make wages 10 years ago insufficient. Do you think it is unreasonable to make the government change the line every year?
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