Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not being able to go to school, not knowing how to read, and not being able to speak properly. Poverty is not having a job, fear for the future and living one day at a time. Poverty is looking at your starving children and not being able to supply nourishment for them. .
Poverty is a problem that has not only stricken our shores, but as well as the other continents of the world. Poverty is not a term that is saved for those starving third world nations, depending no where you live you can probably drive twenty minutes from your own home and see it. It can be seen throughout every nation and country of the world from the most prosperous down to the most economically challenged state. It is an ugly scene that has become a regular occurrence ecumenically. Our government has grappled with the problem of poverty for as long as I can remember with countless rhetorical reforms that have proven to be in vain. The thing is that we as America must see that poverty is very detrimental to the success and furthering of our nation. That is if you believe the cliché of "today's youth is the future of your nation- .
Poverty, is a problem that affects all citizens of Canada. This is an issue that will linger and worsen if not focused on. The reason there is such an abundance of children that are poor is because they are dependent on adults that are poor. The stemming problem of poor adults arises from the fact that they can not find and hold jobs to support their dependents. Lacking financial backing in today's life of "money talks and bull @!#$ walks- is a very arduous task. Families that are destitute have it the hardest. Studies show that women who are uneducated and poor tend to have more children. That statistic alone would account for the high rate of child poverty. .
A family who has no money can not afford to buy clothes, food, or send their child to a decent school.