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Originally posted by Joshuadrooney
There are incentives for them to get off the street, such as hostels, and charity groups. Nope, these lowlifes love getting their fix on drugs and alcohol off the naive passer by, so as far as I'm concerned, they are not worth spittle.
Originally posted by Joshuadrooney
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Originally posted by Hefficide
Stating such blanket disregard for other human beings is, in my opinion, very unenlightened and, frankly, despicable.
~Heff
At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”
Number in poverty
1 billion (every second child)
Approximately half the world’s population now live in cities and towns. In 2005, one out of three urban dwellers (approximately 1 billion people) was living in slum conditions
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by Joshuadrooney
Here is a website that might educate you a bit about the real face of poverty.
Some excerpts...
At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”
Number in poverty
1 billion (every second child)
Approximately half the world’s population now live in cities and towns. In 2005, one out of three urban dwellers (approximately 1 billion people) was living in slum conditions
I could go on and on.
Now, do you want to stick by your "druggies" concept, or are you ready to face some painful truths?
~Heff
People living below the poverty line are distributed around the UK as follows:
* England - 11,546,000, or 23% of the population;
* Scotland - 950,000, or 19% of the population;
* Wales - 667,000, or 23% of the population;
* Northern Ireland - 340,000, or 20% of the population.
According to the US Census Bureau, in 2008, 19 million people lived in working-poor families. This translates into nearly 9 percent of all American families living below 100 percent of poverty have at least one family member working. i In fact, 36 percent of client households served by the Feeding America network have one or more adults working.
Female-headed households were more than twice as likely to be among the working poor than male-headed households in 2008
Married-couple families with children under 18 were almost 5 times as likely as families without children to be among the working poor in 2008.
Thirty-nine percent of all adult clients served by Feeding America have completed high school or equivalent degree with no further education beyond high school.
Two trends are largely responsible for the rise in homelessness over the past 20-25 years: a growing shortage of affordable rental housing and a simultaneous increase in poverty. Below is an overview of current poverty and housing statistics, as well as additional factors contributing to homelessness. A list of resources for further study is also provided.
Recently, foreclosures have increased the number of people who experience homelessness. The National Coalition for the Homeless released an entire report discussing the relationship between foreclosure and homelessness. The report found that there was a 32% jump in the number of foreclosures between April 2008 and April 2009. Since the start of the recession, six million jobs have been lost. In May 2009, the official unemployment rate was 9.4%. The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates that 40 percent of families facing eviction due to foreclosure are renters and 7 million households living on very low incomes (31 - 50 percent of Area Median Income) are at risk of foreclosure.
Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. If you are poor, you are essentially an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets.
Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that poverty in America is estimated to affect over 35.9 million people, including nearly 13 million children. A person who works a full time minimum wage job actually lives below the poverty level by an average of $3000! It is also estimated that 70% of the poor in the world are women, and most Americans who live in poverty hold jobs,
The primary cause of poverty in the United States stems from societal structuring, social or racial grouping and stereotyping, isolation from social interactions and opportunities, lack of knowledge, employment skills, education and resources.
Myths surrounding the cause of poverty in the U.S. are held by a large portion of Americans, including a small number of scholars. There are those who believe that mental illness or chemical addictions are a cause of poverty. In some cases this is true, but often, these problems are a direct result of chronic poverty, rather than the cause.