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New American Poverty
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The New American Poverty
Michael Harrington’s views on poverty in America are radical to say the least. ... Many victims of poverty are falsely stereotyped as lazy, stupid, and parasites on the economy. The idea that the poor only need to be employed in order to escape poverty is no longer true. Another unique aspect of his ideas was that we have made progress in our “War on Poverty”. ... Poverty is something that, for the most part, is beyond our control. ... The majority of the American poor have jobs. ... The American Dream is a cruel fairy tale, a joke. ...
The “War on Poverty” could have been successful if we put our money where our mouth was. ... Our lack of real effort caused us to fall short of ending poverty in America, but we did make a dent.
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Title: New American Poverty
Words: 955 Rating: None Pages: 3.8 submitted by: conwaypunk
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