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Criminology_Week 3 discussion

Criminology_Week 3 discussion

Q The War on Poverty began in 1964 under the Johnson Administration. As you have read in the Census Report, there are millions of people still living in poverty conditions in the United States. If you read through this spreadsheet war_on_poverty_full_inventory.xlsx, you will see how the money is allocated by the federal government. If you do the math, there is around $16,365 spent per year on each person living under the poverty threshold. In 1964, the estimate was 19% of the population was living under the poverty threshold. You learned what the current percentage living in poverty was in the assignment. The rough estimate is that in the 50 years since the 'War on Poverty' has been declared, there has been more than $16 trillion spent. In your opinion, how do you think society can overcome the problem of poverty? What are some solutions that you can think of? Please read through the spreadsheet and research how some of the tax money is spent.

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Although trillions of dollars have already been spent in the effort of recovering from the poverty, still, there is a long way to go, to achieve the final target. I believe that the money or resource needs to be allocated in the proper and efficient way. There had been many strategies formed so far, but at the same time, I feel that there has always been some form of ignorance that these crucial strategies remained ineffective in most cases. Now, even poverty plays a crucial role in turning certain people criminals and that is not unknown to us. People are going through starvation and they did not even have a minimum resource to feed themselves.