nd education. (Balum 40) "Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. "Mostly housing costs take a large amount of income, which must be dropped. For single parents, survival can become an issue." Throughout the past couple of years, the number of people living in poverty has increased. All of the poor individuals have incomes of less than half the poverty level. Most importantly, forty percent of children live in poverty. In fact, in 1997 the poverty rate identified that the population of children is almost twice as high as the poverty rate for any other age group. (Bender 6) "Obviously nothing has been done to help the innocent children who deserve a normal lifestyle like other children in society. If anything, the children are the most innocent out of anybody, so there should be no reason why children should be ignored."
             The increase in poverty is made up by high unemployment and less availability of public assistance. "Due to the growth of the economy and hi
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