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Carnahan H

15 facts about poverty - 9 views

www.businessinsider.com/bout-poverty-in-america-2010-9

shared by Carnahan H on 12 Jan 11 - No Cached
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  • Carnahan H on 12 Jan 11
     
    General Facts about poverty in America. Facts include-Household participation in the food stamp program has increased 20.28% since last year,The number of Americans on food stamps surpassed 41 million for the first time ever in June 2010, Nearly 10 million Americans now receive unemployment insurance, which is almost four times as many as in 2007, and more. This is very depressing. We need to do something before it gets worse.
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  • Baker M on 12 Jan 11
     
    I didn't know it was that bad. Geez.
  • Sawyer T on 13 Jan 11
     
    Wow I didn't know America had 41 million food stamps in use! And I agree Haley we do need to something before it gets worse! I loved the article, good job!
  • Hyre A on 13 Jan 11
     
    its strange how even though we are the richest country in the world, we have millions in poverty, and the poverty rate is increasing quickly. it makes me feel sad that i didnt know about any of this and that a lot of these people dont get a lot of help
  • Smyth C on 13 Jan 11
     
    Four times as more in only three years? Thats amazing. If it keeps increasing at this rate imagine how bad it will be in 2013! We do need to start doing something about this.
  • Dendiu S on 13 Jan 11
     
    I dig how they have pictures and such its very depressing.
  • Tuttle S on 13 Jan 11
     
    I didn't know there were food stamps, or even an all time food stamp record! These 15 facts, though very short, are to the point and informational. The pictures were very depressing, but thes are the pictures of poverty.
  • Stockhausen M on 13 Jan 11
     
    I hope that the high level of poverty in 2009 will sow people how much help is needed.
  • Estice H on 13 Jan 11
     
    It's amazing how much the food stamp program has increased and how many families are in poverty! I also like how they make the facts short and add pictures, because for me it makes it much more interesting.
  • Green C on 13 Jan 11
     
    i wonder why there was such an increase in poverty in 2009
Althauser M

poverty in africa - 3 views

www.helium.com/...65-causes-of-poverty-in-africa

shared by Althauser M on 12 Jan 11 - No Cached
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  • Althauser M on 12 Jan 11
     
    This article is about people in Africa that live off 1 US dollar. Also it is about how wars in Africa can affect the people by higher poverty rates and really bad farming policys . Country's at war that are in Africa get 12.5 % less food per each person.
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  • Lide E on 12 Jan 11
     
    That is really sad. It upsets me that so many people have to live like that. Its really upsetting. It makes me wanna help them but i feel like i can't, which also makes me sad.
  • Althauser M on 13 Jan 11
     
    this site is about people living in africa that gets less than 1 US dollar per day. Also it says some of the major problems in Africa for poverty is because of wars, poor farm policys, and more. For more in formation please read more.
  • Roesch D on 14 Jan 11
     
    I wonder if the people understand that by fighting they are only hurting themselves and their country.
Carnahan H

Causes and Effects of Poverty - 3 views

www.articleswave.com/...es-and-effects-of-poverty.html

SAD

shared by Carnahan H on 13 Jan 11 - No Cached
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  • Roesch D on 13 Jan 11
     
    The world spends money trying to build armies, fight wars and and build econimies which helps the rich but does nothing for the people in poverty. I think this is surprising that the world focuses on helping themselves and not the people that need it but I can beleive that the countries are trying to make themselves more powerful and poverty is a result.
  • Carnahan H on 13 Jan 11
     
    A lot of information about poverty. why is everything so freaking sad
  • Korn A on 13 Jan 11
     
    This article gives cause and effect, which makes it a little easier to userstand poverty
Borror D

census on poverty.. - 4 views

www.census.gov/...index.html

poverty Hunger statistics facts

shared by Borror D on 13 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Borror D on 13 Jan 11
     
    I was unpleasantly surprised when I read these statistics about poverty. I really didn't realize that so many people in the United States were poor. Oh yeah, and it's a good website. checkitout! c:
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  • Carnahan H on 13 Jan 11
     
    oh thats so eye opening
  • Haines M on 13 Jan 11
     
    This article was really a wake up call. I never realized that that many people were in poverty, and i never really thought about how many children were in poverty. This is a really good article if you are interested in the statistics of poverty
  • Semmelroth R on 13 Jan 11
     
    I cant believe how many people are in poverty in our country
  • Bolon T on 13 Jan 11
     
    I was so surprised when i read this. I had absolutley no idea how many people were affected by poverty, especially children.
  • Lide E on 13 Jan 11
     
    This is very interesting and its good to know the percentages for poverty rates and stuff. it is kind of sad, though, how extremly high all these percentages are.
  • Sorenson H on 13 Jan 11
     
    I am amazed that the official rate of poverty was 14.3 in 2009. from the 13.2 from 2008
  • Korn A on 13 Jan 11
     
    The statistics were crazy shocking!!!
  • Gilles C on 13 Jan 11
     
    It's sad how much the people in poverty goes up in only 1 year.
  • Borror D on 13 Jan 11
     
    ahhhh! everyone's just like, "Oh how eye opening!" -_-
  • Grover M on 13 Jan 11
     
    I think the saddest thing about this is that there is so much good info and statistics out there, like this website, but so many people don't know how bad poverty really is. I had no idea that poverty was this bad, or that it was increasing this fast.
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