Poverty in the US

By the
League of S.W.A.G.

What is poverty in the US?

Poverty in the US is defined as
spending less than $1.25 a day.

The Average middle-class family

spends about

$20 a day

Who is affected by poverty?

465,000,00
0
people in the U.S. are
impoverished.

How many people are affected by

poverty worldwide?

3,000,000,
000
people are affected worldwide.

To put that in perspective, that is about

The worlds total population.

Causes of Poverty

Direct
Causes
Disabilities
Background

Indirect
Causes

Warfare
Agricultural
Cycles
Discriminatio Natural
n
Disasters
Lack of

Disabilities
Disabilities make people incapable of
doing certain things, which usually
causes them to get no jobs.
With no jobs, people will go into
poverty.
Almost 1/3 of impoverished people
are disabled in some way.

Background
Impoverished people often have
impoverished parents.
Sometimes, their family was abusive,
or unstable.

 Discrimination is one of the leading

causes of poverty.
When someone is discriminated
against, they dont get a job or
money.

Lack of Experience
Lack of Experience often results in
unemployment.
The only way you can get experience
is through employment.
Experience usually comes with a
steady income, which means that
you wont be in poverty

Education
If someone gets a good education,
they are less likely to be
impoverished, because they are
more likely to get a job.
Getting a job means getting a steady
income, which usually means no
poverty.

Warfare

WARFARE

Warfare
Warfare can be a cause of poverty.
The Attack on Pearl Harbor pushed
many Hawaiian Natives into Poverty

atural Disasters

Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters are a huge factor in
causing poverty.
Hurricane Katrina put many people
into poverty, and they were the lucky
ones.
Natural disasters can damage
peoples homes, damage their cars
and properties.

Agricultural Cycles
Farmers in the Midwest rely on crops
for their income.
When the crops are in low supply,
farmers are thrown into poverty.
Sometimes many or all crops die.
When this happens, farmers have
little or no income.

Effects of Poverty
Poverty Affects You Too

How does poverty affect us?

The grasp of poverty is far and wide,
even affecting those who are not
impoverished.
In fact, the Center for American
Progress says that

reduced productive activity

generates a direct loss of
goods and services to the U.S.
economy

Poverty results in a nationwide

economical loss

Crime is another way that poverty

affects our economy

Crime and Poverty

Any crime in which they
[impoverished] engage poses
large monetary and other
personal costs on their victim, as
well as the costs to the taxpayer
of administering our huge criminal
justice system.
-Center for American Progress

Where are your tax dollars

going?
Impoverished Crime
Taxpayer Money

Its a win-win
situation
If there were less impoverished,
there would be less crime on
the streets. Less crime on the
streets means that your money
is put towards useful things,
like sharks with laser beams.

A good use of your money.

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S.W.A.G.

Win-Win Situation
In addition to putting your money towards
worthy funds, less impoverished people
means a larger workforce. A larger workforce
means more work is getting done, so smart
people like scientists can stop worrying
about things like buildings, and spend more
time researching the possibilities of

WAIT FOR IT

A good use of your money.

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S.W.A.G.

Whats being done about

poverty?
There are a lot of campaigns around
the world that are fighting poverty.
Some of these are:
Poverty USA
Community Action Partnership
IPO(Immediate Public Opportunity) to
End Poverty in America
And various websites

Organizations that fight

poverty

The League of S.W.A.G.s

solution
Be in a community
Partner up with Big Organizations
Petition the Government to raise
minimum wage
Cover the Cost of insurance

Funding campaigns to end

Poverty
The League of S.W.A.G. is standing
here today to ask you to help us end
poverty. We want you to fund
campaigns to end poverty in the US,
which is the country most affected by
poverty. We think of ending poverty in
the US not as an accomplishment, but
as a stepping stone to ending world
poverty.

League of S.W.A.G.