Poverty is a issue that has been around for a long time. There are two categories that the causes can be labeled into. They are out of the persons control, or in the persons control but leads to a situational cause. Some of the causes in the book that are out of a persons control are the following: physical disabilities, emotional problems, high unemployment, downsizing, racial discrimination, divorce, desertion, or death of spouse, mental retardation, …
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…the societies part of the causes of poverty I think that jobs are scarce everywhere in the united states, but I think that companies that employ people should have a back up plan for there employees just in case they do loose there jobs just because they need to down size. And those companies should be the ones to help the employee that gets down sized lean a job skill for a different type job.