Poverty in this nation is a universal term. ... By determining the amount of money needed to survive on food, and then multiplying that number by three, the Social Security Administration sets the poverty line. For example, if the SSA decided that the amount of money needed to sustain a survivable diet during a year was $4,000, then it would set the poverty line at $12,000. ... The poverty line is essential for determining who receives welfare benefits in this country. ... Currently, a large amount of those under the poverty line are unemployed persons and those persons who ...

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In the United States, the official poverty rate was 15 percent in 2012, which is "46.5 million people living on or under the poverty line" ("Poverty in the United States"). ... Many Americans have begun to ignore the fact that there are so many people living under the poverty line, but ignoring poverty will not help the problem go away. ... Poverty by definition is "the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support" ("poverty"). ... Many try to blame the government for being in poverty, but the government is not the only cau...

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Now, take this relation between poverty and capital cases, and cross-reference it with census data. ... The aforementioned poverty rates hint to my next point; legal counsel. ... The bottom line to the poverty issue is this; if you have money, and a good amount of it, you will not be executed in the "Justice" system of the United States. ... The alleged has an income below the poverty line, commits the crime against a white, and does so in a geographical setting inclined to seek capital punishment; in Texas or California (ACLU). ... Car Dealer has an income well above the poverty line. ...

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The Roosevelt Administration passed the Fair Labor Standards Act and its purpose was to keep workers out of poverty. ... An individual supporting a family will not make enough to live above the federal poverty threshold, which is $22,283 (U.S. ... Current minimum wage is enough to place an individual above the poverty line. ... Thus, customers will pay for higher prices in the check out line. ... The key purpose of why the federal minimum wage was created is to keep U.S. working citizens out of poverty. ...

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The first category, episodic homelessness, refers to people who are temporarily homeless because of extreme poverty. ... For example, under the current minimum wage, income earned by a full time worker is 85% of the estimated poverty line for a family of three. In contrast, as recently as 1967 a person working full time at minimum wage earned enough to raise a family of three well above the poverty line. ... (Klug 59-62) Domestic violence and explosive family conflict is also a main cause of homelessness, which may directly result in poverty. ... However, poverty also traps families ...

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It is enough for a family of three to stay above the poverty line-which can't be said for today's minimum-wage workers. " (Cooper) Like shown in this quote, he isn't letting his strong-hearted feeling take over his article. ... Stern just rambles on about how everyday people like him have to pay tax dollars that help out the people in poverty. ... This is not factual at all and he makes the poverty stricken people seem worthless about themselves. ... Making the reader angry towards the poverty stricken people is not the best way to approach this topic. ... He can simply state th...

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This approach echoes through out the MEDC collective, such as the USA, Japan and most of Europe, all are constantly trying to improve and be at the front line of technology. ... Poverty is the main cause of this. It's hard to imagine poverty when we live in such a sheltered world. ... The biggest problem people who live in poverty have to cope with is the lack of fresh running water. ... We look at poverty with an obscure perspective, the media never gives us the full picture, and many are unsure as to why billions of people live in poverty. ...

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The homeless all suffer from absolute poverty. ... According to the 1997 census report 2.3 million people worked full time but were still below the poverty line. ... The most recent cause of homelessness in the United States is the feminization of poverty. ... They make poverty a crime when it is often not the fault of the homeless people themselves. ... In our current booming economy there is truly no excuse for the degree of poverty in the United States. ...

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The homeless all suffer from absolute poverty. ... According to the 1997 census report 2.3 million people worked full time but were still below the poverty line. ... The most recent cause of homelessness in the United States is the feminization of poverty. ... They make poverty a crime when it is often not the fault of the homeless people themselves. ... In our current booming economy there is truly no excuse for the degree of poverty in the United States. ...

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There is poverty in all nations and these impoverished people make up over one-fifth the world's population. ... They are the ones to feel true pity for, there is no fine line between need and want, for them the only want is what they need. ... Most roads are not paved if there are any, no utilities( such as pluming and electricity), severely low sanitation standards, rampant disease, pestilence, high infant mortality, low life expectancy, famine, starvation, and poverty. ... The number of poverty-stricken people is growing. ... It has been used to decrease poverty, promote political stab...

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Because of these limitations, some athletes are forced to live near poverty. ... Raising tuition money is a major reason why many athletes have to live in poverty. ... Not only do athletes struggle financially, many are forced to live in an extreme poverty of time. ... This also means that the athlete's total income for the year is $7,380, which is well below the poverty line of $8,350. No student athlete should be forced to live below the poverty line. ...

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There are many things to be taken into consideration when discussing the victims of human trafficking, such as poverty, broken homes, and mostly corruption. Leading the pact is poverty due to the lack of education and employment making the sale of something readily available, such as your body or your child more enticing. ... But all of these countries have major "pull factors" such as poverty. ... Like you can call the Department of Justice Trafficking in Persons and Workers Exploitation Task force complaint line to report human trafficking crimes ("Federal Bureau of Investigation -...

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TABLE I Variables Analyzed Independent Variables Renter Occupied Housing in percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Percent Poverty in 1989 in Percent Dependent Variable Homicides in 1990 This table is just showing my independent variables and my dependent variable. ... Y= a + bx1 +bx2 +bx3 + e Where Y = Homicide; X1= Bachelor's degree or higher X2 = Poverty 1989 X3 = Household income E= Standard error; The Poverty 1989 variable has the strongest impact on homicide (see table 4). The Scatter plot shows the pove...

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Those violations include: excessively long hours of work, poverty wages, unreasonable fines, workplace hazards, poor food, and dangerously overcrowded dormitories. ... Under pressure from labor-rights activists, Kathie LeeGifford has announced an inspection program for all factoriesproducing her line of clothes. ... Sean John Young women producing clothes for Puff Daddy's "Sean John" clothing line were suffering abuses and fired if they tried to speak out about their mistreatment. ...

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The failure to protect children in foster care directly effects this population through oppression prejudice, marginalization and poverty. ... Often times than not neglect can be misconstrued as poverty. ... Poverty As stated neglect is the most reported form of abuse and is often associated with poverty. Poverty is hard to identify because it has no face, children of all races and genders are susceptible to it. ... Here in Missouri, the poverty line is $24,000 for family of four. ...

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As depicted by La Guma very realistically, you saw how they were faced with poverty. Due to the fact they were faced with poverty, many people can become depressed, and they looked for a quick way out. ... He shows an honest representation of how poverty can lead to drug use. ... He was living in poverty, a white man in a mostly minority neighborhood. ... Poverty led him to drinking and it accomplished nothing for him a meaningless end to his already lonely life. ...

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If we can gain economic justice for all, it will mean the difference between poverty and survival for many, especially women and children."" ... Thus a perfectly equal distribution can be depicted by the straight line y = x; this line is called the line of perfect equality. ... We call this curve the line of perfect inequality. The Lorenz curve is used to calculate the Gini coefficient, which is the area between the line of perfect equality and the Lorenz curve, as a percentage of the area between the line of perfect equality and the line of perfect inequality. ...

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This is why they think it is the perfect ideological guide for destroying poverty, racism, and sexism. ... In the world today if you are born into poverty, most likely you will die in poverty. ... The modern drive to standardize everything and apply the assembly line to all aspects of social life has left many alienated and hopeless. ...

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Socioeconomic statue states the pressures are so severe, that couples with children who live below the poverty line are nearly twice as likely as those above the poverty line to divorce within two years (Hernandez 1993). ... Many want to leave their print on the world, having a desire for the family line to be carried on. ...

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Jack grew up in poverty. ... Jack realized he needed to get out of this line of work if he wanted to survive and he accepted a job with the Fish Patrol to catch thieves violating fish laws. ... Jack was raised in poverty; he knew hunger and the struggles of those who were the common laborers. He felt that those who worked the hardest and longest were the ones living in poverty. ... His own experiences of poverty, grinding factory work, life on the road, and imprisonment had shown him that life was a brutal struggle for survival. ...

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One example of word choice is the line, "Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice" (King 616).I would like to focus on two parts of that line, first starting with the word "seared." ... The way this line reflects the author's thesis is that the injustice that the African Americans were feeling was like a fire they could not escape. ... Another example of word choice used in this essay was the line, "The African American lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity" (King 616). ... Lastly, another example of word choic...

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(Line 35-36) These lines stating that we understand ourselves. ... "(Line 108) Pope carefully examines the nature of Christianity and Christians by calling them out saying that they also want material goods. ... In "An Essay on Man" Pope states "But vindicate the ways of God to man" (Line 16) which Pope says this is the full purpose of the poem making this the critical line. When Alexander Pope wrote line 16, he wrote it as a variation of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" opening lines. ... The key line of "An Essay on Man" is "But vindicate t...

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Poverty and loss of those close to her left her feeling alone with no one to rely on but herself and Tara. ... Quotes from the movie are as well known as the movie itself, with Rhett Butler's famous last line of "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." being confused as being the last line of the movie. In reality the last line is Scarlett's monologue about returning to Tara: "Tara! ... Rhett's famous last line of "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" was controversial because it did not meet the industry standards of the time. ...

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He makes himself completely vulnerable through his work by addressing issues of poverty, racism, and unrequited love. ... There was drugs, violence, poverty, injustice and racism. ... The lack of trust he points out in the first line is a clear indication that he takes insecurity and doubt very seriously. ... However, in line 4, he condemns his enemies and naysayers to "the depths of hell " for being cowardly and judgemental. ...

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Today Van Gogh and his works are described as, "impassioned in brushstroke, in symbolic and intense color, in surface tension, and in the movement and vibration of form and line. ... According the Van Gogh Art Gallery he "wanted to dedicate his life to the evangelization of those in poverty. ... After taking into consideration that Van Gogh "wanted to dedicate his life to the evangelization of those in poverty," (Gallery), it should come as no surprise that Jean Francois Millet was a clear inspiration to at least five of Van Gogh's works. Guy Davenport found that "A digging fork appears i...

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