ietnam)This is very true, and it also happens a lot because hungry people tend to get sick moreeasily and for longer periods of time than people that are not hungry. Once a man losseshis health, he loses everything else needed for survival. Another type of poverty is lack of security. Security, is surviving without worryingabout crime, wars between different groups or gangs, lack of police protection, naturaldisasters, and changes in climate. People just can’t live in a state of constant fear. Thisisn’t as big a problem here in the United States as it is in other parts of the world but theproblem is still here, mostly in inner cities. Security is up to the people living in povertythemselves to take care of. Unlike lack of materials and physical well-being, the poorpeople themselves can stop committing crimes so that people could live in peace. Peaceis a very important factor to people living in poverty. There are several causes for poverty here in the United States. Some reasons are,as explained above, lack of material well-being, physical well-being, and security. Thoseare three large reasons, but not the biggest reason would have to be just lack of money. There are only so many well paying jobs out there. This leaves the people who don’t getthese jobs to get worse jobs, and some people to get minimum wage jobs. the point ofhaving a minimum wage is to make sure that every working person will earn theminimum amount of money that is needed to survive without any savings. According tothe National Low Income Housing Coalition, the hourly wage necessary to afford theaverage two bedroom apartment is $12. Even if you got a much cheaper apartment, afamily with kids would obviously need to make more than the minimum wage is nowand closer to what the National Low Income Housing Coalition calculated is necessary,which, again, is $12. This is over $6 what the minimum wage is now, which is morethan twice as much...
