What is the main cause of increasing poverty in america?

Question

my friend and i were having an argument over this and i thought it was immigration... a source would be great. thanks

Answer 1

Corporations are heavily taxed leaving them no choice but to operate over seas costing the American people 1,000s of production jobs.  That and laziness.  Depending on the government to take something from someone else to give to you is a sorry way to live.

Just reverse what "I hate you..." said.  The Ds have so many people depending on them, that's how they get votes!  They threaten people that if you vote R they're gonna take your free money away!  It takes a responsible person to get off your *** and try instead of lounging waiting for your check!

Answer 2

Company's leaving the country because labor is cheaper elsewhere and the unions are forcing a lot of company's out because they demand so much from the company's.Illegal immigration sucks us dry, plus all the government handouts to those who are to lazy to work but it is easier to blame the Republicans for their demise then to go and find a job.

Answer 3

Income vs inflation vs. credit.

Credit:  Imagine if you had an investment that paid you 17% compound interest.  You would be dumping as much money into it as possible and becoming very wealthy fairly quickly.  Well compounded debt does the opposite and can quickly suck even the rich dry.  The poor and near poor are more likely to use credit cards and small loan centers like Check Into Cash) and then are unable to pay off the loans on the credit cards while the loan centers are basically an extra tax on the person's income.

Then there is income vs inflation.  Chances are, you are pulling the same income your parents were in the 60s, 70s and 80s.  The average income hasn't beat inflation since the mid 80s. 75% of the households in the U.S. don't make $58,000 a year.  50% of households in the U.S. don't make $30,000 a year.  My dad was making $30,000 a year as an electrician in the 60s and was in his second house at 30 years old which he paid under $18,000 for.  He sold that house 26 years later and profited $640,000 from it.  My dad wasn't even Donald Trump, just an average guy of his times. Now to pull the same stunt my dad did, you would have to be in the top 1% in income.  

Answer 4

inflation by the devaluing of our currency

Answer 5

Immigration is a large part of the problem. We have been importing millions of poor people every year both legally and illegally for decades. The children of these illegal aliens do poorly in school as they do not have good role models at home, and they go to failed public schools.

Importing Poverty

By Robert J. Samuelson Wednesday, September 5, 2007

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...

The government last week released its annual statistical report on poverty and household income. As usual, we -- meaning the public, the media and politicians -- missed a big part of the story. It is this: The stubborn persistence of poverty, at least as measured by the government, is increasingly a problem associated with immigration. As more poor Hispanics enter the country, poverty goes up. This is not complicated, but it is widely ignored.

The standard story is that poverty is stuck; superficially, the statistics support that. The poverty rate measures the share of Americans below the official poverty line, which in 2006 was $20,614 for a four-person household. Last year, the poverty rate was 12.3 percent, down slightly from 12.6 percent in 2005 but higher than the recent low, 11.3 percent in 2000. It was also higher than the 11.8 percent average for the 1970s. So the conventional wisdom seems amply corroborated.

DRAINING POVERTY INTO AMERICA

Frosty Wooldridge May 9, 2007

http://www.americanchronicle.com/article...

You've all read about Mexico receiving $20 billion annually in wire transfers from illegal aliens working in America. It's the second highest income for President Calderon and his country. You've read about the $25 billion in wire transfers funneling into South America. To add insult to injury, another $16 billion vanishes into Asia.

In the meantime, you're forced to educate illegal aliens' children numbering 1.1 million at a cost averaging $7,000.00 per child per year for 18 years. Do the math. You're also forced to pay for illegals' health care, housing assistance and other welfare benefits-all to the detriment of your own family and standard of living.

Answer 6

Partially the greedy corporations that support the Republicans, but primarily the Republicans themselves.

Answer 7

Look in the real world.

Decode this lyrics " You are not alone"

Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49

Just blunders and slip-ups with human errors created back in the past with self lack of knowledge.

Genesis 11. 1, 6

With faulty education and communication system.

Luke 8.5-8,10-17

Without being aware of it being expose in time.

Luke 11. 33-36, 46-52

What do you think?

Answer 8

Our jobs going to other countries.  We need to give big companies incentives to come back and stay her in the good ol USA

Answer 9

out sourcing of American jobs

out sourcing of American products

buy USA and keep it in the country

Answer 10

Immigration does play a part because an illegal will except a job for less then minimum wage and then send the money to another country.

But I think the bigger problem is importation overload, also money leaving the country.