What does poverty mean to you? What causes poverty? Poverty is a state in of deprivation, or lack of social an acceptable amount of money or material possessions. The most common measure of poverty in the U.S. is poverty threshold set by the U.S. government. While researching this topic I've learned many reasons as to why so many people are living in poverty right now. Many uninformed people say that poverty is caused by laziness, or they should just get a job but, its not that simple.
In Poverty And The Military, author Peter Wise explains how poverty is not caused by laziness or by not willing to go out and get a job in most cases, the simple fact that some are from the military and have been injured and left with no help. Remember