Poverty is the condition of having insufficient resources or income. In its most extreme form, poverty is a lack of basic human needs, such as adequate and nutritious food, clothing, housing, clean water, and health services. Extreme poverty can cause terrible suffering and death, and even modest levels of poverty can prevent people from realizing many of their desires. In the United States the effects of poverty may include poor nutrition, mental illness, drug dependence, …showed first 75 words of 1090 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1090 total…poverty can be lowered in the U.S. Some are existing programs that work well and shouldn't be shut down because of low budget. Some are ideas worth thinking about even though it has its flaws. Poverty is a serious matter and maybe we can never get rid of it, but at least we can try to lower it as much as possible by instituting programs that actually help and improving present programs and conditions.