A couple of examples that lead to the rise in homelessness are high cost of living and low wage jobs, often forcing many people to choose between paying their bills and feeding their families. ... Combinations of high cost of living, low wage jobs and high unemployment rates contribute to the rise in homelessness. ... Cost of living across the US is steadily rising but the wages of jobs are not rising to meet the demands. More than thirty million men and women in this country work in jobs that pay poverty wages and provide little healthcare if any at all. Low wage jobs do not offer flexibili...

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Providing these critical services, such as cash benefits to families who are working at low paying jobs ensures that they continue working and that they do not return to welfare. ... Even though more welfare recipients are becoming self-sufficient through work, many of them return to welfare sporadically, until their time limit is up, or they are forced to take low paying jobs, due to a lack of education and work experience. ... Because many welfare recipients may not have more than a high school education, they are forced to take low paying jobs that are traditionally geared toward people wi...

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Both of the sinking boats resembles the lower class of society struggling with low pay, low benefits, and the intense competition between each other and machinery. The routine worker's job comprises of doing the same process over and over for at most minimum wage and the in person server's job consists of managing the routine workers for a little over the minimum wage. ... They are living the "American Dream " receiving high pay and prestigious company benefits. ... The work done for the job is so rigorous it is also known as knowledge work. ... Reich does an excellent job in making...

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Over the last century, Canadian women have increasingly participated in paid employment; however, women continue to struggle for equal opportunities such as job advancement and pay equality. ... Women are faced with oppression with regards to pay equality, career advancement and equitable treatment. ... They point out that occupations perceived as "women's jobs" have been underpaid compared with "men's jobs" because of a historical undervaluing of women's skills and work. ... Recent studies show that the more children a woman has, the lower her hourly pay. ...

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I agree that the government should not have the right to decide how the income of such a large amount of people is spent and that more jobs should be created for those near the poverty line to have a stable economy and a happier society (Turner & Turner, 25). ... Policy makers must pay close attention to this gap because as stated in the article, if the income inequality rises, it creates economic, social and political challenges. ... The government provides services like OSAP to help students pay for their education and allows them to repay their loan when they are capable of going into the w...

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Most of us can agree that America has a strong economy, jobs are available so why doesn't the "American Dream" work for everybody? ... Whether people who exit or are terminated from welfare have jobs, whether those jobs enable them to afford housing, whether they have quality child care, whether they are homeless or hungry - these factors do not appear to be important measures to the President or Congress alike. (8) The largest cash assistance program for poor families with children was the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) until its repeal in August of 1996. ... Liebow goes ...

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Hispanics that work minimum paying jobs are endangered when they have children because they are responsible for financially taking care of another life. ... Some may argue that there are people who have an associates or bachelor's degree but are working minimum wage jobs and cannot find a higher paying job. ... In the beginning, job searching may be difficult, depending on the field of work. ... Job employers do not always take in to consideration the college or university. ... Beyond public education, low income Hispanic families struggle financially, which prevents them from paying for ...

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The most effective ways of reducing poverty includes government action to increase jobs, removing social barriers, and improving education for children. India is currently investing in renewable energy projects in order to create jobs along with providing clean energy for the country. The investment of $7.9 billion into this project will create many much needed jobs for the unskilled workers (Jaiswal). ... Because there are not as many available jobs as there are potential workers, the employers force the currently employed to take very little pay or they get fired. ... Doing so will ensure th...

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People from the United States of America do not wake up every morning thinking that there will be no food at the super market or that you would have to pay an arm and a leg to get that gallon of milk that your family needs, but in other countries that is the cold hard truth. ... One of the major factors that go into a strong economy is an employed population, but what happens when there are more people then there are jobs and the population finds itself with a quarter of them unemployed and out of work. ... With a lower pay check people do not buy as many things putting more people out of a jo...

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Socioeconomic Inequalities in El Barrio In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was written by Philippe Bourgois in order to explain why a substantial amount of the residents of El Barrio stray from legal job markets and into lifestyles of crime and poverty. ... Hence, they are denied well paying jobs not only because of their race but because of their lack of education. Therefore in order to obtain the luxuries of the "American Dream" such as adequate housing, a job with opportunities for advancement, nice cars and other such amenities, those in the "ghetto" lifestyle opt to...

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Some say that it is because these people are just too lazy to get up off their bums and find a job, since it really doesn't take a whole lot of brain cells to flip burgers at the nearest fast food restaurant. ... Seriously, how can people pay rent if they aren't getting paid? My almost favorite example of structural causes is the decrease in supply of jobs. In the articles that I have read they have stated that 50% of homeless people said that they had experienced a drop in income the year before becoming homeless, and most of them saying it was due to the loss of a job or public ...

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He says that these people are tied to their possessions and don't know what to do with all of them, or that they are forced to stick to something that doesn't bring them joy or meaning in life (such as a well-paying job). ...

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A portion of the money will be distributed into job training as well. ... Not only does the TANF play a sole welfare role, but government leaders and educators are working to give free tuition to people who sign up for the "career ladder" programs at college, as opposed to forwarding it all to job training. ... This year (2000) $129 million was put into job training former welfare recipients are simply pushed into low-wage work and punished if they choose instead to go to school (Kuttner). ... Some nations have larger shares of citizens working in low paying jobs, higher unemployment rates...

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Although it was once achievable, the American Dream has long since faded away due to the large income gap that exists between the low and high classes resulting in the inability to move up the social ladder and the inequality of education which inhibits the ability of applying to bigger and higher paying jobs. ... Also, poor school districts have to rely on their own resources to pay for their funding, as opposed to being reliant on taxes (Coy). ...

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The government has struggled to collect revenues due from provinces, businesses, and individuals, reduce corruption and other economic crimes, and keep up the large state owned enterprises (many of which had been shielded from competition by subsidies and had been losing the ability to pay full wages and pensions). Somewhere around 80 to 120 million surplus rural workers are unsettled between the villages and the cities, many subsisting through part-time low paying jobs. ...

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These two forms of organisation involve paying a certain amount of money into a fund that is accessible to everyone periodically. ... As the wage earner reaches retirement, usually around the age of 40 as mining is a physically demanding and labour intensive job and the older people get it becomes difficult to work, his wealth is relies largely on his kept livestock and livestock payments of bride wealth from son-in-laws. ... Those borrowing the livestock receive some aid from it including paying the bride price, wool and ploughing. ...

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Also, in the KET video, the idea of some people being one or two pay checks from being in poverty was brought up, so if they live on minimum wage, would that given them an increase in money security to prevent them from going under the poverty threshold should they miss a paycheck for some reason? ... However, the extra money that would be made on an increased minimum wage could lead to the person not needing as many work hours, as well as enough spending money for leisure items and activities, making having a job more attractive. ... This lead to opportunities of the people in the Appalachia...

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Frank is 19, left school at 16 and has never had a full time job. ... Medicare, is the Australian public health care system; providing free treatment in public hospitals and paying fees of doctors up to the level of the government recommended fee. ... There are also many programmes such as Jobs Pathway Programme, New Apprenticeship Access Program and Work for the Dole, which help SED youth gain skills and training, get apprenticeships and find work. ... Fiona had access to multiple benefits aswell as Rentstart and Job Programmes. ... Employment services Minister Toby Abbott said, "For too long...

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(Page 10) Staying with the topic that over population and poverty combined causes social problems such as scarce jobs and resources for people but only that overpopulation is responsible for the conditions, which contribute to the overall lowering of the quality of life of human beings in society. ... In today's society, people get married at a later age because they have to keep working to obtain income that is needed to help pay for their necessities. ... In both the United States and Third World countries poor young males in particular are frequently forced to choose between a life of ...

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Also, the program is to provide food assistance for those who are employed at low-income jobs. ... She worked two jobs but still was not able to provide enough money in order to afford food for my siblings and me. ... In my experience, receiving benefits from the program allows individuals and families to increase their income by allowing these people to save more money from their jobs, instead of spending the majority of their money on food products. ... The population that is adversely affected by the policy is the rest of Americans who pay taxes in order to provide monetary assistance to th...

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As a result, more mouths need to be fed, more roofs need to be built for shelter, more jobs need to be created and more schools set up. ... Brazil for example owes $ 100 billion to financial institution has to pay 35% of its budget for the repayment of debts. ...

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Even when poor women work they often continue to face a lack of access since jobs typically pay a dollar a day and rarely more than that in developing countries like India and Mexico. ... They are unable to put money into education, jobs, basic needs or proper health care including preventative care. ...

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Another examples are if the person is unemployed then the government would pay him unemployment allowances to sustain his family until he finds a job, a person living below poverty line is given certain exemptions and benefits to allow him to survive and sustain his family with his small income. ... For example if a person goes out of town in order to find a job to earn money, until then his family can be taken care of by the other earning members back at home. ...

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Among other things, he cites ''financialization,'' a preoccupation with success in ''finance, technology and services'' and the neglect of ''basic manufacturing,'' speculation and the recurrence of bubbles and manias (from Dutch tulips to America's dot-coms), the export of capital and jobs, the reliance on foreigners to fill domestic jobs, growing inequality of wealth and income and the ''exposure . . . to war.'' ... CEOs make 419 times as much as the average worker, and CEO pay is rising five times faster tha...

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Increases in administrative and professional jobs bring white-collar workers to an inner-city area (Macionis and Parillo, 332). ... Most of the jobs in Koreatown are service sector jobs, such as restaurants and supermarkets, which are low paying. ...

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