Investigating a Social Issue-Poverty

Poverty: The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; the condition of being poor [ (Webster's dictionary and thesaurus, 1999) ]. When we see or hear the word poverty we automatically think of places that are fear removed from the United States. The truth is that poverty is right in our own backyard. Poverty is a complicated social phenomenon, and trying to discover the cause of poverty is equally complicated. The stereotypic (and simplistic) explanation persists- that the poor cause their own poverty - based on the notion that America is the land of hope. Some even accuse the poor of having little concern for the future and preferring to "live in the moment". Some will even go as far as accusing the poor of engaging...