Why is there still poverty in America?

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @sallystearns5911
    @sallystearns5911 4 года назад +2470

    “You have to ask yourself, what is the future of a society that doesn’t invest in it’s children” the most valid statement here

    • @angry-white-men
      @angry-white-men 4 года назад +30

      Rioting?

    • @psikeyhackr6914
      @psikeyhackr6914 4 года назад +13

      We should have had a K-12 National Recommend Reading List decades ago.
      Double entry accounting should have been mandatory in the schools since Sputnik.

    • @abinodattil6422
      @abinodattil6422 4 года назад +85

      Maybe ask why she had 5 kids and no dad for a change.

    • @psikeyhackr6914
      @psikeyhackr6914 4 года назад +7

      @ How much would a K-12 National Recommend Reading List cost?

    • @sallystearns5911
      @sallystearns5911 4 года назад +1

      Primping 😢😢sad but true!

  • @oaf-77
    @oaf-77 5 лет назад +692

    Being alive is expensive and getting more expensive every day.

    • @victorsandeen2694
      @victorsandeen2694 5 лет назад +79

      Just another reminder that death is free, except for the person that has to pay for the burial.

    • @Francisco-j1e
      @Francisco-j1e 4 года назад +31

      Capitalism is as bad at best as communist

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад +14

      Amen! I don’t know how people make it anymore!!!

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад +14

      Can’t afford to live, or die!

    • @nealkelly9757
      @nealkelly9757 4 года назад +13

      Especially when you have 5 kids like the woman in the video

  • @BeaverChainsaw
    @BeaverChainsaw 4 года назад +1278

    "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint; but when I asked why there are so many poor people, they called me a communist ” Dom Helder Camara

    • @joelopsang5270
      @joelopsang5270 4 года назад +50

      “When you give your own resources to help others you are a saint....when you others by take resources by force and distribute to others as you see fit...you are a monster.”

    • @juniorjr.427
      @juniorjr.427 4 года назад +18

      And when poor people receive food they're called losers... Food Bank welfare bum's

    • @pennycaldwell8141
      @pennycaldwell8141 4 года назад +4

      Thomas Fun, The world's upside down. We need an axis shift or some event to right itself.

    • @emuriddle9364
      @emuriddle9364 4 года назад +28

      Food is important. But there's more to Poverty than that.
      You can't build a house with Food.
      Or heal Emotional Trauma with it.

    • @emuriddle9364
      @emuriddle9364 4 года назад +21

      @@juniorjr.427 A narcissist doesn't like it, when their delusions are challenged.
      That's why this stigma exists.
      And they brainwash other people into believing that too.

  • @jd7313
    @jd7313 3 года назад +158

    I say this without sarcasm.
    If you have severe financial issues or medical issues, please, please, consider not bringing in children to this world.
    It's absolutely awful to put children in bad situations.
    If for whatever reason, you want to have children, then at least don't have 5. Have 1.
    I know that sounds awful, but it will make for less poverty for you.

    • @cruz9078
      @cruz9078 3 года назад +6

      Great advice

    • @YS-sg3uv
      @YS-sg3uv 3 года назад +5

      You don’t understand in those disfunctional countries where government can’t be relied upon, people have more children as insurance for their future.

    • @joedaoust5942
      @joedaoust5942 2 года назад +19

      No don't even have one.

    • @e60tube90
      @e60tube90 2 года назад

      Jerry how idiotic to say these words!

    • @velvetstorm4563
      @velvetstorm4563 2 года назад +29

      Don't apologize, it's not fair to bring children on this earth when you can barely afford to take care of yourself. Not even a single one.

  • @amberdee3806
    @amberdee3806 4 года назад +377

    The rent prices in America are getting worse. I live in a large town and when I moved here 5 years ago, a two bedroom house was around $700 a month. In 5 years they've demolished majority of our affordable houses and rebuilt small 2 story townhouses. All the homes around me are now $1400 a month. Rent has doubled in 5 years and all the locals have been displaced. They wonder why our homeless problem has increased.

    • @tompain2751
      @tompain2751 4 года назад +4

      Amber Dee:My mortgage+taxes are that,on a two family.Then,less $900 a month!...There are cheaper places to live in the us.

    • @Bigbudd0045
      @Bigbudd0045 4 года назад +24

      You cant fine anything around me for $1400. Finding a home below $450K that doesnt need 100s of thousands of dollars of work...immediately , or is in a high crime area is impossible. Meanwhile property taxes are like 10k plus a year on that property.

    • @Bigbudd0045
      @Bigbudd0045 4 года назад +8

      @Brian Abisdid ....all of North Jersey? No. Sorry. Just not true.

    • @tarpar9190
      @tarpar9190 4 года назад

      Amber Dee May I ask what city this is happening in?

    • @amberdee3806
      @amberdee3806 4 года назад +1

      @@tarpar9190 Fayetteville

  • @jefb2361
    @jefb2361 4 года назад +475

    Spend less on military, stop lying about terrorism, help your citizens, really make your country great again, for EVERYONE, not just the 1%.

    • @VJETRA
      @VJETRA 4 года назад +18

      corruption every where even they spend trillions , probably less 1% will go to the actual poor.

    • @sallystearns5911
      @sallystearns5911 4 года назад +2

      Like those of us our country has left with chronic Lyme disease!!

    • @tl8042
      @tl8042 4 года назад +7

      A bunch of liberal rhetoric. Teach people to work hard and get an education . We have free k-12 education here, any US citizen no matter how poor can work their way to the top through hard work and solid education. I’m living proof.

    • @MrMannyhw
      @MrMannyhw 4 года назад +6

      @@tl8042 need to make America great again is to teach the American children to work hard. Whether is labor or innovative job. Not import all their talents.

    • @nunyabidnis3815
      @nunyabidnis3815 4 года назад +25

      @@tl8042 Teach a man to fish, and so long as they have access to rod, tackle, bait, license, filet knife, axe & firewood, a place for a fire, and an unpolluted body of water with fish that aren't endangered or diseased, you'll feed him for life. Yep, just teach em' is all. ..who the teacher is, how they're taught, their capacity to learn, and the rest of it are totally irrelevant. Problem 100% solved, regardless of results; no need to question that. No matter how poor someone is, because untreated health problems, transportation, local job market & cost of living, outward appearance, and financial influence over resources and networking potential, bear no consequence whatsoever.

  • @caseypepan980
    @caseypepan980 4 года назад +797

    "The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." George Carlin.

    • @a-10wartaboo77
      @a-10wartaboo77 4 года назад +7

      I’ve never heard that before

    • @richardramfire3971
      @richardramfire3971 4 года назад +13

      He was brilliant

    • @democlips1
      @democlips1 4 года назад

      @@TonyM-lr3yw and look where that’s brought us

    • @kingfischer
      @kingfischer 4 года назад

      I mean it was true for a long time

    • @solsouth
      @solsouth 4 года назад +6

      It is called the American Dream because only a few get to live it.

  • @clarewelter2207
    @clarewelter2207 4 года назад +218

    I remember when my daughter was little I received a package of diapers from a social service agency and I felt like I was handed a one-hundred dollar bill. I always gave back as my daughter was growing and still will help those that need it. I was an educated person but I fell on bad times and needed help. We all need to help each other. Merry Christmas and stay Healthy!

    • @jerry-cw9yw
      @jerry-cw9yw 3 года назад +2

      this is not about those that need momentary help.....it is a little bit of a lot of problems, and accepting your situation is one. Not much longer can Americans decide to work for a better life if they want....

    • @FayeKu
      @FayeKu 2 года назад +3

      So... if they handed you an ACTUAL $100 bill, wouldn't that be better?

    • @spamlogs2701
      @spamlogs2701 2 года назад +2

      VOTE INDEPENDENT NOT LEFT OR RIGHT THATS THE PROBLEM!!!

  • @hydrangeadragon
    @hydrangeadragon 5 лет назад +1256

    Reusable cloth diapers are much more cost effective and eco friendly just saying

    • @HardStickman
      @HardStickman 5 лет назад +102

      @Senad kl Nice! You got the message of the film, good job...

    • @doom2avatar
      @doom2avatar 5 лет назад +45

      I think part of the issue with culture everywhere is that culture defines what is acceptable for people to do. I know very poor families that refuse to go on welfare out of pride as well as families that will shop at target instead of Walmart despite poverty so avoid the image of being a poor Wal-Mart shopper

    • @theserpentcharmer1313
      @theserpentcharmer1313 5 лет назад +117

      @Senad kl Stupid fucks? You mean yourself? Only a STUPID FUCK would say something so ignorant and insensitive.
      Nobody said they were jobless. It has nothing to do with having a job, all to do with their costs of living in relation to the amount of income coming in. It depends on where you live, who you have to support and where your starting from. Things happen..life.. and people BECOME poor too. It's not as simple as "Get a job". Many of people in poverty have SEVERAL JOBS.. that's the only way they can make ends meet. Did you not listen to the part about how it effects CHILDREN the most? They are BORN INTO POVERTY. What do those kids need to do to beat poverty? Get a job? Smh.
      Fool.

    • @HardStickman
      @HardStickman 5 лет назад +55

      @Senad kl All of the reasearch in economics and sociology points to people being influenced by their environment. So if you provide more opportunities to poor people (education, money) it enables them to make better decisions and makes for a better society (reducing inequality is linked to better economic growth and social cohesion).

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 5 лет назад +13

      Senad kl
      That’s right, if the potato famine, and the works of Charles dickens have taught us anything, it’s that poverty is a result of failure of character on the whole.
      “If the poor want food, then they should go to prison or the work houses, and if they would rather die than they best get to it and decrease the surplus population!”

  • @ChaparralDenizen
    @ChaparralDenizen 5 лет назад +2734

    My mom used washable diapers on us. Better for the environment and budget

    • @TheChickenRiceBowl
      @TheChickenRiceBowl 5 лет назад +160

      Yes, but very few poor neighborhoods have stores that carry cloth diapers. The entire downtown area in my town doesn't even have a grocery store.

    • @Fabian-cv9yl
      @Fabian-cv9yl 5 лет назад +246

      @@TheChickenRiceBowl There's this new technology called the internet and internet shopping

    • @saucepoisfosse
      @saucepoisfosse 5 лет назад +118

      Fabian Kolodziej no credit and financial literacy kinda stop them from that

    • @carmineredd1198
      @carmineredd1198 5 лет назад +93

      use old t-shirts from a yard sale

    • @bethduffus4598
      @bethduffus4598 5 лет назад +174

      Yes, I wondered why the charity is not handing out terry towelling nappies. Far, far better for both budget and the environment, I quite agree.

  • @angelaasadi9283
    @angelaasadi9283 4 года назад +339

    People are poor even if they are working full time and have a second job. Wages have not kept up with the cost of food, rent and healthcare. Corporations have thrown their employees on the backs of the tax payers by not providing a living wage or healthcare. Capitalist Greed!

    • @tracybae20
      @tracybae20 4 года назад +11

      Pretty much. 👌

    • @stacyfamily
      @stacyfamily 4 года назад +6

      Sorry, I'm currently making a tech company. My actions will tell my future if people want me??

    • @SamOreo7
      @SamOreo7 4 года назад +20

      Sorry i have my own company now because of hard work. I experienced below poverty but im always positive to overcome all obstacles. For me, it depends in a person 60% lazy 20% negativity 20% blaming goverment instead of himself

    • @tompain2751
      @tompain2751 4 года назад +2

      @@SamOreo7 100% true.

    • @tompain2751
      @tompain2751 4 года назад +8

      Wages are fair,and reflect the skills required to do an in demand job.Wealthy people do not say "i can't"...They figure out how they can!

  • @juelettefadness7344
    @juelettefadness7344 4 года назад +514

    Disposable diapers are a fairly recent invention. My mother raised two children with cloth washable diapers. Maybe we need to go back to that. Eighty dollars a month for diapers is a huge amount of money for low income households.

    • @Lindsaylbb
      @Lindsaylbb 4 года назад +1

      HitachiDaddi how abou handwash?

    • @koobea4859
      @koobea4859 4 года назад +63

      Cloth is much better for the environment, as well.

    • @ironyman7015
      @ironyman7015 4 года назад +1

      Dont you guys have costco?

    • @sidneyboo9704
      @sidneyboo9704 4 года назад +31

      I use cloth by choice for the environment. I LOVE IT! Soo soft

    • @seandear8197
      @seandear8197 4 года назад +40

      Yet another reason why america is poor,disposable is money down the drain

  • @isaaksmith4856
    @isaaksmith4856 4 года назад +1532

    Half of the army's budget is enough to eradicate poverty

    • @Chinunit22
      @Chinunit22 4 года назад +93

      Big tech Giants and big Greedy Contractors need to be hold responsible for paying low wages or overpaying computer techs. Also we need illigal immigration control too.

    • @alwillk
      @alwillk 4 года назад +142

      The US spends more on offense, "aghm" I mean defense than the next 7 countries combined.

    • @taric1153
      @taric1153 4 года назад +23

      Isaak Smith it’s called capitalism duh

    • @alohatigers1199
      @alohatigers1199 4 года назад +43

      Дядя Федя
      The problem is that America loves to go to ANY country and save PPL from wars.
      Guess what? These “ppl” is then sent to America so they could get a better life.
      So, technically America needs to stop sending soldiers to other countries. We need to fix our country first THEN bring in more ppl to save

    • @fidgdet4403
      @fidgdet4403 4 года назад +30

      Government intervention is not how you irradicate poverty.

  • @tronicbasez1814
    @tronicbasez1814 5 лет назад +549

    Why is there still poverty in America?
    George Carlin: The poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class. Keep 'em showin' up at those jobs.

    • @bornfree8073
      @bornfree8073 5 лет назад +48

      Or we live in a free society that allows people to make decisions, such as working 80 hours a week or going to college for a degree in art. If you do/dont 3 things, then the chance of you remaining in poverty is less than 90%. I grew up in trailerville il, if you are southerner you will know where that is, i now live, in urbana, and study, on government loans, at uiuc. I take the bus everyday, and some 15 yr old kid was shot, about a week ago, less than 3 minutes from where i live. My brother just graduated from uiuc with a salary over 80,000k and hella good benefits. After 25, poverty is nothing more than a set of choices, you make FREELY. Im not gonna force you to study or learn a valuable skill, usually at a secondary school, but if you choose not to do these things, then do not come complaining to me about being poor. You made your bed, now sleep in it; however you could always grow the HELL up and work incredibly hard to put your life together. Dont give me those bullshit excuses about privilege or some people cant because their environment. We, my father, brother and sister, use to share our three bedroom house with my homeless cousin, whose parents kicked him out because their apartment couldnt have more than two people living there. He graduated, three years ago, from the ibew and has a small house with a wife and kids. He went from making literally NOTHING to 20 an hour, as an apprentice, and now at 38 dollars an hour. He is now a role model to his kids and someone i am proud to call a friend. If that dumb fuck could do it, then most any able body can.

    • @davidwestwater1914
      @davidwestwater1914 5 лет назад +22

      That woman has 5 kids for ducks sake

    • @gurintto
      @gurintto 5 лет назад +4

      @@bornfree8073 what are the 3 things

    • @pranteranaud3617
      @pranteranaud3617 5 лет назад +37

      @@gurintto 1) Stay in school and obtain a valuable skill set. 2) don't have children until you are financially stable and 3) stay out of trouble with the law/jail. Life is all about the right choices.

    • @spencers4121
      @spencers4121 5 лет назад +24

      @@pranteranaud3617 And F*ck those who made wrong choices....If we only all could be perfect.

  • @lydiabell6218
    @lydiabell6218 4 года назад +561

    Try using cloths diapers, as was done in the old days. We washed those over and over and over. Better for the pocket book and environment.

    • @yusefkhan1752
      @yusefkhan1752 4 года назад +43

      Lydia Bell they don’t own washing machines and can’t afford the water to wash them with.

    • @aromaofhope
      @aromaofhope 4 года назад +35

      @@yusefkhan1752 How do they do their laundry? I washed cloth diapers at the laundromat with my eldest baby.

    • @jakobraahauge7299
      @jakobraahauge7299 4 года назад +32

      @@aromaofhope how brave of you to handle your abject poverty in such an altruistic manner

    • @D0praise
      @D0praise 4 года назад +33

      These days you have to be wealthy to use cloth diapers. Look at the costs and you’ll be surprised.

    • @aromaofhope
      @aromaofhope 4 года назад +20

      @@D0praise It can take a bit of an initial investment. But they pay for themselves many times over, in my opinion.

  • @Richardcarlett
    @Richardcarlett Год назад +1123

    Inflation, bank collapse, severe drought in the agricultural belt, recession, food shortages, diesel fuel and heating oil shortages, baby formula shortages, available automobile shortages and prices, the price of living place.

    • @DavidRiggs-dc7jk
      @DavidRiggs-dc7jk Год назад +3

      Government policy has thrown the future under the bus for decades. The day of judgment is near. I predict an 80% drop in the stock market. Investors will abandon stocks in favor of real estate. There will be no money in banks... You must devise a strategy for survival

    • @HarrietBemish
      @HarrietBemish Год назад +2

      I agree. I have pulled in more than $435k since 2020 through my advisor. It pays off more in the long run to just pick quality stocks and ride with those stocks.

    • @philipr1759
      @philipr1759 Год назад +2

      @@HarrietBemish please who is the advisor that assist you with your investment and if you don't mind, how do I get in touch with them?

    • @HarrietBemish
      @HarrietBemish Год назад +2

      My advisor is "Christine Jane Mclean". In terms of portfolio diversity, she's a genius. You can look her name up on the internet and verify her yourself. she has years of financial market experience plus she is also FINRA & SEC verifiable.

    • @philipr1759
      @philipr1759 Год назад +1

      @@HarrietBemish She appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran a Google search on her name and came across her website… thank you for sharing.

  • @jahelmedero9120
    @jahelmedero9120 5 лет назад +599

    I’m not having baby until I know I’m well off to the point where I can afford to support 2 of me within the same house.

    • @caracrabtree715
      @caracrabtree715 5 лет назад +64

      Sometimes never happens which is why less people are having kids than ever in history. But even with all precautions, shit happens. Many people get pregnant on birth control, so you just do the best you can

    • @Lycaon1765
      @Lycaon1765 5 лет назад +78

      And sometimes you can't control what happens because you live in a red state without any abortion clinics and can't afford to go out of state and miss days of work.
      Sex ed in the US is terrible and sometimes nonexistent, it's absurdist to victim blame when the system doesn't give you the option to succeed.

    • @cinderea
      @cinderea 5 лет назад +16

      Lycaon1765p raising a baby is more expensive though

    • @Lycaon1765
      @Lycaon1765 5 лет назад +9

      @@cinderea and your point is?

    • @ColinTherac117
      @ColinTherac117 5 лет назад +32

      If you wait to have kids until you are old enough to afford them, you will be too old to have them safely in the first place. This logic chain of "kill your kids for the sake of your finances" is an unsustainable logic chain. As we are seeing in Japan, if you don't have kids then there won't be enough people to take care of you when you are too old o work.

  • @michaelgray1803
    @michaelgray1803 5 лет назад +596

    Something needs to be done about women and men having kids they can't afford

    • @Person-ed6uj
      @Person-ed6uj 5 лет назад +39

      Sterilization isn’t that bad of an idea, you know.

    • @joebloggs3907
      @joebloggs3907 5 лет назад +56

      And risk facing an aging population like Japan and China is?

    • @jabbereus7543
      @jabbereus7543 5 лет назад +51

      @@joebloggs3907 So is America I believe. The immigrants help counteract this but a good portion of Americans hate immigrants for dumb reasons so. But you're right. Not having a enough kids is a problem.

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 5 лет назад +7

      Joe Bloggs it’s worth it better than bastards

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 5 лет назад +8

      Jabber Eus pay rich people to breed like rabbits

  • @MsRESPECT90
    @MsRESPECT90 5 лет назад +169

    "What is the future of a society that doesn't invest in its children?"

    • @rohityo8729
      @rohityo8729 5 лет назад +14

      Immigrants

    • @michaelgray1803
      @michaelgray1803 5 лет назад +6

      You have to invest in the parents

    •  5 лет назад +5

      Rohit yo illegals; legal immigrants comes with skills and job experience.

    • @painexotic3757
      @painexotic3757 5 лет назад +1

      strawman used by libs to control people with emotions. Its the classic "WHY DONT U THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?" meme.

    • @gsxr1189
      @gsxr1189 5 лет назад +2

      IDK but if the parents want to choose to not apply themselves and thus remain poor then when why it's everyone else's problem to provide for their kids.

  • @kinfairliecinder5297
    @kinfairliecinder5297 4 года назад +188

    I'm from a 3rd world country. The way I see it you're not that poor, you're lucky that a lack of diaper is already considered as a major problem. Food and shelter is the #1 problem of poor people. Having a diaper is already a luxury for most people.

    • @megatron1560
      @megatron1560 3 года назад +18

      Its called developing or underdeveloped man, third world country means the country which dont support russia or usa in any war or conflict, like uk, france are first world as they support usa, and cuba and belarus are second world as theumy support russia

    • @aa-ev6ud
      @aa-ev6ud 3 года назад +27

      @@megatron1560 you def looked it up on google, first, second, third world countries are based on the peoples living conditions, the economy and other factors

    • @jorjicostava2913
      @jorjicostava2913 3 года назад +13

      Its all drama cuz they dont know how to manage finances

    • @nikkipage5314
      @nikkipage5314 3 года назад +16

      But this is not a third world country. It is suppose to be the land of opportunity. But I have been working jobs since I was 11. Now I am facing widowhood and complete disaster. Homelessness, I wont go hungry, I hope I can keep my car. Time will tell. But it should not have been a struggle all my life only to end up a poor widow. That was not what we were told would be our end in the U.S.A.

    • @chinggiskhan6678
      @chinggiskhan6678 3 года назад +5

      @Al Qaeda Who are you, the official channel of Al Qaeda?

  • @drazenkasvedruzic3849
    @drazenkasvedruzic3849 5 лет назад +295

    People that have financial issues should not have 5 kids.

    • @omarhuda4997
      @omarhuda4997 5 лет назад +50

      poor people in general have more kids. It's a worlwide trend.

    • @nal8503
      @nal8503 5 лет назад +40

      @@omarhuda4997 Because impulsive people tend to make short-sighted and stupid decisions. Teach people self-control and prudence and most problems we still have today (which is virtually nothing compared to even 100 years ago) will disappear.

    • @GreenGold68
      @GreenGold68 5 лет назад +27

      We are biologically wired to have kids. If it was a choice we would have gone extinct long ago.

    • @ЯрославКовальчук-и9ь
      @ЯрославКовальчук-и9ь 5 лет назад +30

      Say hello to your insane anti-choice politicians investing in demolition of planned parenthoods and sex education

    • @rotorbob88
      @rotorbob88 5 лет назад +13

      People w/no financial issues shouldn't have blown up the world's economy...

  • @alluzDD
    @alluzDD 5 лет назад +321

    My heart brakes for these children, but I couldn’t help but notice I saw no men with these women.

    • @ecclairmayo4153
      @ecclairmayo4153 5 лет назад +29

      It saddens me too. Hopefully, they are working

    • @padussia
      @padussia 5 лет назад +88

      They fucked and left.

    • @uwatch4835
      @uwatch4835 5 лет назад +10

      more like divorce and alimony

    • @willliam1420
      @willliam1420 5 лет назад +8

      Maybe they're busy working not talking on social media

    • @sangeethavarmaa3628
      @sangeethavarmaa3628 5 лет назад +1

      @WAN CHENG OOI well,from video same is situation with american kids shown in video

  • @zengseng1234
    @zengseng1234 5 лет назад +415

    “Poverty” but they still have cars. Poverty in the U.S. is strange

    • @realboyvevo782
      @realboyvevo782 5 лет назад +6

      Because dear pay the bills

    • @tomasgomez9925
      @tomasgomez9925 5 лет назад +70

      These people don’t know what poverty truly is... poverty is the half million people living in tents on the street in the US. That’s poverty!!!

    • @r.brooks5287
      @r.brooks5287 5 лет назад +89

      I know what you mean but America is not layed out for poor people. Everything is spread out and public transport is scarce.

    • @Jasmadae
      @Jasmadae 5 лет назад +81

      A lot of people still need transportation to go to work and oftentimes public transportation is limited, especially in the suburbs. They can still drive a car and live below the poverty line.

    • @justlina2769
      @justlina2769 5 лет назад +6

      Cars, cell phones and service, internet, all the appliances.

  • @mannykhan7752
    @mannykhan7752 3 года назад +106

    Poverty is not just having low income or no income, its a vicious cycle that families and individuals cant seem to get out of.

    • @yourfavoriteperson3653
      @yourfavoriteperson3653 2 года назад +2

      low wages? go live in cal and dont come to texas

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 2 года назад +3

      @@yourfavoriteperson3653 hush.

    • @5rings16
      @5rings16 2 года назад +6

      @@yourfavoriteperson3653 Drugs, bad decisions, irresponsibility, and mental illnesses.

    • @spamlogs2701
      @spamlogs2701 2 года назад +1

      VOTE INDEPENDENT NOT LEFT OR RIGHT THATS THE PROBLEM!!!

    • @MrCruz-iq3sc
      @MrCruz-iq3sc 2 года назад +2

      @@5rings16 Pretty much

  • @agentkelvintan
    @agentkelvintan 5 лет назад +135

    there is something call reusable cloth diaper. When I was a toddler, my parent was poor and does not spare cash for diaper. American, not being able to use diaper does not mean you are poor, it just show that you are not resourceful enough.

    • @vipulpangadi2811
      @vipulpangadi2811 5 лет назад

      Only Islam can save America ,,,
      We pakistani love Islam ,,,,
      Spread Islam I'm America

    • @diahan9896
      @diahan9896 5 лет назад +3

      @@vipulpangadi2811 how is that relevant?

    • @No7SHAD
      @No7SHAD 5 лет назад +1

      @@vipulpangadi2811 please no.

    • @vipulpangadi2811
      @vipulpangadi2811 5 лет назад

      @@No7SHAD ,,kyaa kahaa ?

  • @maythesciencebewithyou
    @maythesciencebewithyou 4 года назад +117

    Because there are many people who think that poor people deserve to be poor.

    • @matty_daddy
      @matty_daddy 4 года назад +22

      And mega billionaires are greedy as ruck seriously during the huge fires in Australia barely any rich people donated, and if they did props to them.

    • @ksc743
      @ksc743 4 года назад +22

      The gap between rich and poor these days is obscene.

    • @silverdime6278
      @silverdime6278 4 года назад +3

      Not true overwhelming amount of people help tgem called silent majority

    • @HeatherE303
      @HeatherE303 4 года назад +4

      I don't want them to be poor, I just don't want to constantly help them and watch their situation never get better.

    • @debasismandal1228
      @debasismandal1228 3 года назад +2

      Pure capitalism is very worse ......!!

  • @shaunzaarrae3727
    @shaunzaarrae3727 5 лет назад +105

    People have children they can’t afford. Part of being self sufficient, is not incurring liabilities you can’t afford, I.e. kids.

    • @mynameisgladiator1933
      @mynameisgladiator1933 5 лет назад +1

      You never saw the movie "Idiocracy".

    • @shaunzaarrae3727
      @shaunzaarrae3727 5 лет назад

      My Name is Gladiator lol I definitely have. Unfortunately most have not

    • @anthonymarquez6493
      @anthonymarquez6493 5 лет назад +9

      Shut the fuck up. People like you are part of the problem

    • @SI29222
      @SI29222 5 лет назад +6

      Anthony Marquez I have a feeling that people who think people shouldn’t have kids they can’t afford are absolutely not part of the problem... that should be self evident

    • @jonathandeman9051
      @jonathandeman9051 5 лет назад +3

      Shaun Zaarrae it is in human nature to have kids, but do you think having kids should be a downside to life And a bad thing? You might not have been born. Parents should be funded Because those children Will help the country when they gros up

  • @ermiassamuel6492
    @ermiassamuel6492 4 года назад +23

    Nobody who has got a job in this country should be living in a poverty level, it is not about the individual, it is the system that kept them poor.

  • @Detector1977
    @Detector1977 4 года назад +143

    Oh yeah, Finland might have almost no child poverty BUT they have much higher taxes on billionaires.
    You need to protect the billionaires more than children. That's the true american way!

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 4 года назад +26

      Thats what happens when your pure cold capitalism with no benefits and hidden corruption

    • @saagisharon8595
      @saagisharon8595 3 года назад +9

      Finland has almost no child poverty because you'll find almost no children there

    • @cakeisyummy5755
      @cakeisyummy5755 3 года назад +2

      @@saagisharon8595 The USA has a birth rate of 1.6.
      Which is pretty Low.

    • @mikec422
      @mikec422 3 года назад +2

      @@saagisharon8595 really no children I guess when you are born you come out as a adult

    • @michaelbujaki2462
      @michaelbujaki2462 3 года назад +1

      Sarcasm detected.

  • @cjorcine5166
    @cjorcine5166 4 года назад +248

    Don't be surprised now, we all know United States of America is a developing country..

    • @tairz2013
      @tairz2013 4 года назад +20

      Lol. True. We'd be third world without credit cards and uber capitalism.

    • @sallystearns5911
      @sallystearns5911 4 года назад +3

      And I could go back to Nicaragua and get diagnosed for the systemic fungal Lyme coinfection that infectious disease doctors won’t even look at!!! 🤔

    • @politicalbigboss611
      @politicalbigboss611 4 года назад +10

      More like a "partially" developed country.

    • @sallystearns5911
      @sallystearns5911 4 года назад +1

      Political Big Boss 😂😂😂 RIGHT!

    • @blink-reveluv-my6875
      @blink-reveluv-my6875 4 года назад +6

      Mysterious P. Sweden Australia and Canada is better than the us

  • @MNSTRMDVNCS
    @MNSTRMDVNCS 4 года назад +33

    Today I bought a train ticket for the whole year:
    I had two options, make a single payment of something like 2000€ or monthly fee of 200€ (amounting to 2400€ for a year).
    The fact they I don't have 2000€ to spend at hand costed me 400€.
    This is an example of how poor people are in a huge disadvantage.

    • @AI_ART_LIBRARY
      @AI_ART_LIBRARY 3 года назад +1

      They charge 20% more if you pay monthly, but you won’t get 20% on interests anywhere.

    • @MNSTRMDVNCS
      @MNSTRMDVNCS 3 года назад +3

      @@AI_ART_LIBRARY That is a great way to see it, therefore we can say: This system rewards the rich and disproportionately punishes the poor.

  • @HerrBrutal-bl2fk
    @HerrBrutal-bl2fk 8 месяцев назад +3

    I'm European (Swedish). I love America. But America isn't doing well. Yes, there is poverty and crime in southern Italy, but the quality of life of an average European is way better compared to any American counterpart. On paper, America is richer than, say Hungary, but in Budapest people enjoy outstanding food and wines, excellent education, secure neighborhoods and affordable health care.
    I'm not into bashing America. As a European, I sincerely care for our closest friends on earth.

  • @bfry38
    @bfry38 4 года назад +25

    What some people doesn’t realize is. Not everyone has a mom, dad, brother, sister, etc... If you’re a single person, or a parent and lose your job you could be homeless in a snap of a finger. The cost of living, health care, etc... it can be really tough to make it anymore.

  • @Jarod-sm5rf
    @Jarod-sm5rf 5 лет назад +292

    Because the American dream is that a dream.

    • @zacedx
      @zacedx 4 года назад +24

      Gotta be asleep to believe it.

    • @onecooldude954
      @onecooldude954 4 года назад +3

      Exactly!

    • @nadzrinpuad1283
      @nadzrinpuad1283 4 года назад +16

      @Frank Gallagher spain, norway, sweden, canada, luxembourg, switzerland,. And the list keep goin'

    • @tompain2751
      @tompain2751 4 года назад

      Attainable dream!

    • @nqobilekhumalo2158
      @nqobilekhumalo2158 4 года назад

      I now believe american drwam for sure is jusr but a dream,

  • @XEinstein
    @XEinstein 5 лет назад +157

    I recently saw another video about how in the US the minimum wage is still at the same level where it was a few decades ago. Perhaps that is the reason why people can't afford anything any more?

    • @krist-yonnarain7786
      @krist-yonnarain7786 5 лет назад +33

      Honestly poverty is problem in American simply because most Americans don’t care about lower income/ poor people. There are a lot of rational administrative reasons as for why poverty hasn’t improved over the years like the one you mentioned but more often than not our countrymen like to go through mental gymnastics to explain why poor people have no one to blame but themselves for being poor.

    • @Sammie1eye
      @Sammie1eye 5 лет назад +17

      It's also a problem when people make bad life choices. Has Ben Shapiro has stated, there are three things you can do to ensure that you never are poor: finish high School, get a job, and don't have kids until you're married. And I also my dad don't have kids unless you can afford them.

    • @ohyesitsyouagain
      @ohyesitsyouagain 5 лет назад +20

      Krist-yon Narain Very well said. Stagnant wages, extremely high rents, high college tuition, and apathetic peers. Poor people work hard everyday to survive, yet others who’s only stress in life is what they’re gonna eat for lunch, do nothing but throw out insults and victim blame for poor people being “lazy” and “leeches.”

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад +5

      Lol, I’m blaming the Government for being worthless and taking taxes from the hard working people and giving it to everyone who doesn’t need it. I’m not rich, but I’m not poor. I’m sticking up for what’s right!

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад +8

      Which is messed up. Also, the owner of Amazon Bezos has billions and doesn’t pay a dime in taxes.

  • @ryanarthur9102
    @ryanarthur9102 4 года назад +60

    For everyone who think that they're being profound by asking, "Why not just have less children? If it's expensive to have one, why have more?" - understand that the long-term effects of poverty creates a fatigue on the mind. This fatigue makes it much more difficult to make decisions that would effect future outcomes (i.e. planning).
    If you've ever taken a test and received a bad grade because something else was occupying your mind, imagine the occupation of worrying about where food will come from, if the lights will stay on, if there'll still be a roof over your head, etc... Imagine your mental bandwidth constantly being pulled to its limits - poor decisions are bountiful with the poor, because of this.
    The decision to have a child may come from a place of love at the moment, and we may all have our disagreements about that for wherever we may come from personally, but the action which is being focused on this piece is doing something about those children living in poverty. Poverty is cyclical, and it can be reduced if we do something about the development of children as they grow. It's bad enough that their parents are dealing with the fatigue of poverty, but it's worse when the children will have to grow up with it for most of their lives because people want to place the onus of responsibility on the parents themselves. It takes a community to raise a child well.

    • @redactedredacted3675
      @redactedredacted3675 3 года назад +9

      @Ryan Arthur - I listened to a podcast once where they took wealthy volunteers and played games while restricting their time. The time restriction simulated the money/resource restrictions that many face. The results were that any restriction of resource increased stress and fatigued the mind, thus leading to bad decisions. I agree with your statement that fatigue of the mind drives many of their decisions.

    • @ryanarthur9102
      @ryanarthur9102 3 года назад +2

      @@redactedredacted3675 Was it freakenomics?

    • @cindylizbeth196
      @cindylizbeth196 3 года назад +4

      Very very well said. You should publish this view on Medium or something

    • @AmandaHugenkiss2915
      @AmandaHugenkiss2915 2 года назад

      Humans are not animals, we have the ability to think and control ourselves. Slap on a rubber or abstain. The poor are typically poor for a reason. A lifetime of poor choices in life. No willpower, no self control. Impulsive thinking. As long as humanity has existed there has been poverty and as long as humanity exists there always will be poverty. You as an individual need to make choices in life and be accountable for yourself. Victimhood mindset, blaming others, and not thinking beyond today will keep you where you are. No amount of money will help. Since the Great Society started we have transferred untold trillion$ to the poor and it makes no difference. Follow the money and power and you will see who benefits. The poor and the homeless are an industry.

    • @ryanarthur9102
      @ryanarthur9102 2 года назад +1

      @@AmandaHugenkiss2915 If you consider us thinking animals as separate from the environment around us, as though our willpower is unaffected by the circumstances we find ourselves in, you're missing out on a key part of the puzzle for understanding the poor. If you're so willing to exclude an obviously important piece to this, I am willing to exclude your opinion with the same disregard.

  • @neurospicynonna9
    @neurospicynonna9 4 года назад +112

    My daughter has recently returned from USA and was shocked by the poverty in the towns she travelled through, many tent cities for the homeless. Also hearing stories of being medically bankrupt because at 7 years old she had her appendix out and the health insurance did not pay as it was not considered an emergency. I live in a country that has a great public health system.

    • @lambertbane4390
      @lambertbane4390 2 года назад +3

      That country is France. :-)

    • @BATMANCOSMICO
      @BATMANCOSMICO 2 года назад +1

      @@lambertbane4390 méxico Xd

    • @crazyforcoffee5950
      @crazyforcoffee5950 2 года назад +12

      Corporate greed

    • @AmandaHugenkiss2915
      @AmandaHugenkiss2915 2 года назад

      As the US sinks further in socialism we will continue to see more tents and shantytowns, more homeless. The rich can weather the storm and the poor will get their handouts. But those who cannot fend for themselves will be left to rot. The middle class will die out. Those who can will move up and those who can't will sink into poverty. It happens everywhere it's tried.

    • @nadiahope1175
      @nadiahope1175 2 года назад

      @@crazyforcoffee5950 ....and government that gives them the rights to do as they please. Capitalism American style is a cruel monster oppressing the masses of ordinary people....and they just keep on putting more burdens on working class...America is CRUEL to its citizens

  • @dylanvaughan9423
    @dylanvaughan9423 5 лет назад +566

    Why not hand out reusable cloth diapers?

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 5 лет назад +82

      Senad kl
      Once again spot on, clearly the only way to end poverty, is to beat the poor until they stop being poor.

    • @MaryJosephrobi
      @MaryJosephrobi 5 лет назад +17

      That's what I was thinking. It's less pollution

    • @123cookies4life345
      @123cookies4life345 5 лет назад +51

      You would need infrastructure to wash them, the cost of washing them let alone having a washing machine and soap eat up what you would save. Additionally, children outgrow cloth diapers really fast, you can't just put a rag on a kid; well I mean... You could, but I imagine that would be extremely messy given most baby poos are very very watery.

    • @erzan
      @erzan 5 лет назад +41

      Why not pay people a living wage?

    • @Peace-ju9us
      @Peace-ju9us 5 лет назад +1

      it is a measurable usable, important statistic

  • @dianer8881
    @dianer8881 4 года назад +85

    To save money or provide more for everyone, just provide two packages of cloth diapers for every baby. Disposable diapers are a complete waste of money. They also harm the environment.
    Anyone can spend money. Putting it to better use actually requires more thought. Hope this program changes for the better.

    • @swaggermuffin964
      @swaggermuffin964 4 года назад +1

      i agree

    • @ohioitis200
      @ohioitis200 4 года назад +9

      Diane R. I suggested this and got all kinds of excuses like they may not have a washer and dryer or money for the laundromat. Guess they never heard of a clothesline. It seems to me as if a lot of them think it is beneath them to mess with cloth diapers. And even though they don't show it much in these documentaries the majority of them smoke and always seem to have money for cigarettes. Amazing, huh?

    • @JenniJen38
      @JenniJen38 3 года назад +5

      If you are a working parent and your children go to daycare they cannot use cloth diapers at daycare.

    • @keonnaofficial
      @keonnaofficial 2 года назад +1

      The jobs don't provide an escape from poverty from me.

    • @110311DONTWANTCHANNE
      @110311DONTWANTCHANNE 2 года назад +1

      @@ohioitis200 okay, are you offering to watch the kids, run the errands and so their paid full time job so they have the time to wash diapers by hand and hang dry them? BTW, many people do NOT have access to a clothes line outdoor. At best they can have a makeshift one inside....without air flow and with kids running around, that is not feasible to keep up with the laundry

  • @BoldFollower
    @BoldFollower 2 года назад +10

    I work 15+ hours of overtime every week to try and make ends meet and get ahead, but because I start to make a little more, we then consistently are over thresholds for assistance and thus do not qualify for help...but that's crazy because the only reason we are making that much is because I'm working so insanely unhealthily hard..... they don't take into consideration the difficulty of maintaining such a hard-working lifestyle and the toll on the family. I want a break, I could use the help but they don't give it. I have applied to other jobs but the one I'm at pays the most and offers the most OT so there is no logical move. It seems like IF I get a raise in pay it simply covers the raise in rent and there is no end in sight-- throw in inflation and other services that keep going up... every year it feels like we are back to square one. They system is broken.

    • @mariekesslerkaminski4685
      @mariekesslerkaminski4685 2 года назад +2

      This has been my whole life. Too “rich” for assistance but not rich enough to afford the things my family and I have need for

    • @yurikendal4868
      @yurikendal4868 Год назад

      Corporate greed does that. But you are supposed to be happy living in the "freest country on earth"

  • @v7w37
    @v7w37 5 лет назад +50

    5:38 The elderly vote. Busy poor single parents do not.

    • @colleenburke4743
      @colleenburke4743 5 лет назад +3

      @NCT illichi Not all states offer that.

    • @mraaronhd
      @mraaronhd 5 лет назад +1

      Colleen Burke should just let us vote via a website or something

    • @samriwelkeish7981
      @samriwelkeish7981 5 лет назад

      mraaronhd Hackers

  • @salsaljakol7430
    @salsaljakol7430 5 лет назад +39

    And America spent trillions of dollars in wars.

    • @quasimobius
      @quasimobius 5 лет назад

      And paying the electric bills for millions of people in India and Africa.
      www.usaid.gov/news-information/frontlines/youth-mobile-technology/micro-solution-indias-major-energy-woes

  • @--minttea--4234
    @--minttea--4234 5 лет назад +180

    The reason why America is having a poverty issue is because our money has been mishandled for years.

    • @abram730
      @abram730 5 лет назад +4

      @Bryzz Lull Man are not interested in getting married. It's a bad deal for us.

    • @Becky_Cal
      @Becky_Cal 5 лет назад +7

      --minttea-- And corruption, plain and simple.

    • @blacklyfe5543
      @blacklyfe5543 4 года назад +4

      Taxes

    • @Aveasta
      @Aveasta 4 года назад +4

      Yup. And then the people who do handle their money well get penalized by taxes to pay for their bills.

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад +3

      Yup!!! To many crooked politicians!

  • @larryeaton4263
    @larryeaton4263 8 месяцев назад +2

    No mention of old school reusable diapers. They are still available, still work well, cheaper and better for the environment. My daughter grew up in the early 90s and never wore disposable diapers unless we were traveling and didn't have easy access to laundry facilities. I'm not sympathetic to these people wanting charitable disposable diapers, it's a wasteful expensive way to raise babies.

  • @flowersflower110
    @flowersflower110 5 лет назад +224

    Why to have so many kids its illogical!

    • @magnificent9784
      @magnificent9784 5 лет назад +33

      People who are uneducated tent to have more kids.

    • @elcaiman4666
      @elcaiman4666 5 лет назад +12

      It's actually very logical. We subsidize it so we get more of it.

    • @ry4n335
      @ry4n335 5 лет назад +1

      you all have small penises so impregnating a woman is like climbing mount everest for you! losers

    • @alenpaul2523
      @alenpaul2523 5 лет назад +9

      Having kids is a small hope for poor people to live on this earth

    • @painexotic3757
      @painexotic3757 5 лет назад +6

      @@alenpaul2523 and it should be their responsibility to care for them.

  • @aintnoslice3422
    @aintnoslice3422 5 лет назад +55

    5 children and you wonder why you can't afford anything?

    • @nathanramirez8456
      @nathanramirez8456 5 лет назад +4

      Ya there like rabbits like come on 1 kid is enough and you have 5?

    • @thinhphan3816
      @thinhphan3816 4 года назад +1

      smart thing to do is survive alone. dont get married or have kids

  • @m.k.601
    @m.k.601 5 лет назад +168

    ,
    Hi there,
    For some time I've been interesting of poverty in U.S. Im livin' in Poland, always thought that the U.S. is kind of paradise.I thought that is a place where your dreams come true if u will be hard work. After some reports about poverty a have changed my mind about U.S.For example- in Poland law secure tenants. If landlord want to evict somebody, the city must find some place for substitute - untill then nobody can be evict.
    Its hard to beleve in what happen in U.S. Its so so sad, I wish all You, who have in lifie troubles, to find ur way to live better. peace

    • @grieverff8ff9
      @grieverff8ff9 5 лет назад +19

      It's not as bad as all that. Simply American's in large part still have the mentality of the Frontiersmen ie you're on your own. it's just a very individualistic society.

    • @R.M.3.14
      @R.M.3.14 5 лет назад +17

      M. K. In America, you have the freedom to fail. Most people who find themselves on hard times, are there by their own doing. It is a great place to live if you’re willing to work for everything you have. It can be a depressing place if you expect to be given everything you want and need without putting in the work.

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад

      You

    • @turabullschools2411
      @turabullschools2411 4 года назад +3

      @Snow 123 home ownership generally leads to more stable families and communities.

    • @gamer3d147
      @gamer3d147 4 года назад

      M. K. Nah America is what u think. It’s just some lazy people who work hard and remain poor. Or those who unfortunately had an accident

  • @andrewlaw8121
    @andrewlaw8121 4 года назад +28

    Having Children are responsibility not just rights... think before having any..

  • @kevingearyart
    @kevingearyart 4 года назад +51

    America has so many people in poverty for two simple reasons.
    One is that there is no universal health care. And no real safety net like in Europe. Secondly, the wages are so low, it's impossible to live on the wages. No paid parental leave. No paid sick leave. The minimum wage is not enough to afford rent. Not enough to buy food and utilities. To live in America is increasingly expensive. An individual almost anywhere needs more than $3000 a month to just survive. $5000 would be OK. But most Americans have far less than that. Until the safety net is hugely increased, and wages are vastly improved, and rents are stabilised everywhere, America will continue to have insuperable poverty, which just gets worse.

    • @silasdietrich7464
      @silasdietrich7464 4 года назад +2

      "The minimum wage is not enough to afford rent." One shouldn't even be paying rent if making minimum wage, one should have acquired the skill set and knowledge for a higher paying job before paying rent

    • @patriciafisher1170
      @patriciafisher1170 4 года назад +7

      Silas Dietrich you are assuming that American families take care of their own. From what I have seen they don't.

    • @VampiricVolt
      @VampiricVolt 4 года назад +10

      @@silasdietrich7464 This sounds like you grew up spoiled.
      So, you shouldn't rent if you make minimum wage, but you also can't buy a house, so really just be homeless?
      I'm confused as to how a human gets such a skewed perspective, I bet you had handouts in life you don't realize.
      You seem to think life is a track that just goes up if you work hard, but sadly it isn't.

    • @jachyra4
      @jachyra4 4 года назад

      @@VampiricVolt How about "get a better paying job?" I paid rent and put myself through college while working at a grocery store. Minimum wage is for minimum value labor. If you're old enough to be on your own you should be capable of doing a job that demands more than minimum value labor from you.

    • @ksc743
      @ksc743 4 года назад +2

      Looking at America from the outside it looks like whatever the Govt has been doing over there does not work in the 21st Century. Your education system has broken down. Not to mention the healthcare system and your govt senators can never agree on anything. America has too many people and not enough jobs. There should be a 2-child policy per family. Get back to basics and education.

  • @fuadhasibulhasan8113
    @fuadhasibulhasan8113 5 лет назад +53

    I don't know about USA, but in my country most middle class can not afford them.

    • @raul7628
      @raul7628 5 лет назад +4

      Yep that is what I am thinking too.

    • @The_Revolutionist
      @The_Revolutionist 5 лет назад +6

      Your country is just shit and under-developed, that's it.

    • @The_Revolutionist
      @The_Revolutionist 5 лет назад +5

      @@raul7628
      Yours too.

    • @raul7628
      @raul7628 5 лет назад

      @@The_Revolutionist yep not opposing your view.

    • @mr.denzelsausageton9719
      @mr.denzelsausageton9719 5 лет назад +2

      Lucas Moura You realize it’s relative right?

  • @JoeZorzin
    @JoeZorzin 5 лет назад +205

    People used to wash diapers and reuse them.

    • @yengsabio5315
      @yengsabio5315 5 лет назад +15

      Here in the Philippines, there's even a reusable, washable sanitary napkins for female use during menstruation.

    • @wandredemendonca9482
      @wandredemendonca9482 5 лет назад +8

      Yeah, but back then they were made of a different material

    • @TheChickenRiceBowl
      @TheChickenRiceBowl 5 лет назад +10

      Yes, cloth diapers. But, the upfront cost of them is ususlly too much for poor parents to afford.

    • @TheChickenRiceBowl
      @TheChickenRiceBowl 5 лет назад +1

      @@yengsabio5315 Yes, you won't find that here in America unless you live in a place that has a specialty shop, buy them online, or make them yourself.

    • @RK-ep8qy
      @RK-ep8qy 5 лет назад +2

      Joseph Zorzin well the next time you have a flu or cold why don’t you wash and reuse your tissue paper 🧻

  • @vanessam9428
    @vanessam9428 2 года назад +5

    Living in Canada. There are several benefits from the government if you have children. Everything goes up every year. However, it drives me nuts is when young people who are capable to work take advantage of these benefits and not work at all.

  • @kimberly25christinesmith72
    @kimberly25christinesmith72 5 лет назад +211

    "Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me" tupac

    • @chrisyo4461
      @chrisyo4461 5 лет назад +1

      Lyndon B Johnson declared a war on poverty years ago before Tupac was probably even born. And that ushered in basically a neutron bomb being dropped on the black family unit and brought and soon thereafter feminism. You're welcome

    • @jasintosamora1103
      @jasintosamora1103 5 лет назад +4

      The war on poverty and the war on drugs were both lost.

    • @Becky_Cal
      @Becky_Cal 5 лет назад

      Kimberly25christine smith - He was so insightful, wasn’t he?!! Love ❤️ Tupac. 🙌🏼

    • @kimberly25christinesmith72
      @kimberly25christinesmith72 5 лет назад

      @@Becky_Cal we need more like him. J cole is really smart and insightful too. Check him out if you havent already.

    • @kimberly25christinesmith72
      @kimberly25christinesmith72 4 года назад

      @@aldynjadeguabna2561 do youre homework.

  • @rannoudanames
    @rannoudanames 5 лет назад +414

    cloth diapers. And dont get 5 kids.

    • @AqierDesigns
      @AqierDesigns 5 лет назад +64

      well tell that to the idiots who keep people away from abortion.
      if you live in alabama, id ypu get pregnant, you will have to get the child, or society will shame you.
      fuck conservative states. they still try to keep up ideas from the last century.

    • @Jonnyc448
      @Jonnyc448 5 лет назад +30

      @Solar Aqier You ever heard of adoption buddy. There’s a better way than just killing the dang thing. Also, he’s right, you don’t need to make 5 kids.

    • @Jonnyc448
      @Jonnyc448 5 лет назад +8

      @Jim Allen You can’t compare owning a gun to abortion. With abortion, you kill something without its choice. A good gun owner, one who is well educated and screened, should only injure, or worse kill, someone if they do something that directly hurts them or someone they care for.

    • @quasimobius
      @quasimobius 5 лет назад +17

      "cloth diapers"? Get real, look at all those fat @sses standing in line. Cloth diapers are WORK! Those kids are lucky their slothful moms change them at all.

    • @beverlybalius9303
      @beverlybalius9303 5 лет назад +6

      Solar Aqier Abortion is just murder by those too damned Stupid to swallow a birth control pill or get a norplant or IUD,,,, there is no excuse for abortions!!! If women cannot do any of that then they need to keep their legs closed!!!

  • @YoniNadi
    @YoniNadi 5 лет назад +74

    These mothers in this video should be receiving financial support from the biological fathers of the children.

    • @destroyer-tz2mk
      @destroyer-tz2mk 4 года назад +5

      I don't think they can afford a lawyer.

    • @aldenheterodyne2833
      @aldenheterodyne2833 4 года назад +8

      1) Can't afford a lawyer.
      2) Child support is more often not paid than paid
      3) Because of racism, black men are disproportionately put in jail, where they can't raise their kids, make money, or pay child support.

    • @angry-white-men
      @angry-white-men 4 года назад +2

      Or women could start thinking on their own once in a while. I mean I know men are held to a greater standard but come on.

    • @alfare5191
      @alfare5191 4 года назад +2

      @@angry-white-men held to a greater standard 🙄

    • @alfare5191
      @alfare5191 4 года назад +1

      That will only happen if they leave their superiority complex, which only happens very rarely.

  • @MarinelliBrosPodcast
    @MarinelliBrosPodcast 4 года назад +75

    Just saying, there is reusable dippers.

    • @wendybrierley5412
      @wendybrierley5412 4 года назад +6

      Yes, we used terry nappies for our children. We sanitised, washed and dried them. Now it is the expensive disposable dippers everybody uses.

    • @MarinelliBrosPodcast
      @MarinelliBrosPodcast 4 года назад +9

      @@wendybrierley5412 You can save hundreds of dollars never mind that you are creating less waste.

    • @XIIIlemon
      @XIIIlemon 4 года назад +6

      But why are they having children knowing they can't afford to look after them that is the primary cause here. I know some people lost jobs after they had children but ill guarantee that having a child benefit would just increase the amount of babies people are having like here in South Africa.

    • @wickedleeloopy2115
      @wickedleeloopy2115 4 года назад +2

      Disposal future... no one reuses the old type anymore..

    • @eire1984
      @eire1984 4 года назад

      we need to teach the live skill on how to tie them etc

  • @bfry38
    @bfry38 4 года назад +61

    Wait until we don’t get Social Security one day. That every working person has paid into. They keeping raising the age hoping we will die before we get to it. Most of us probably will with all the stress nowadays!

    • @CaRrOtCaKe32200
      @CaRrOtCaKe32200 4 года назад +6

      Homeless women in america have a life expectancy of 43 now in america. Some worked 20 years and paid in. We dont see all the truths. Is hard to find truth in america but its there if you look deep. Very sad for some people.

    • @arleneaugustahair8393
      @arleneaugustahair8393 4 года назад +4

      Social security is meant to supplement your income once you retire. You’re suppose to save for retirement during your working years. I still don’t know how Americans don’t understand that concept. If you don’t get a 401K, 403B or any options from your job, there are IRAs and CDs out there that you could use to save for retirement on your own.
      Don’t give me the excuse of not making enough because you could actually budget and put $5-$20 per paycheck to the side in a separate account and when it builds into $1,000, you can purchase a CD and keep the process going.

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 4 года назад +3

      My father and all of my Grandparents died before they got Social Security. I can't even imagine retiring, I can't even afford to leave home.

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 4 года назад +2

      Arlene Augusta Hair Interest rates are at an all time low, that really hurts our 401k's and CD's

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад +2

      I’m so sorry to hear that. That’s what the Government wants. Pay, pay, pay, but they don’t care if you die or not. You think they would hand it down to your kids, or grandkids no way lol. The Government is crooked like the rest of the world!

  • @philipocarroll
    @philipocarroll 5 лет назад +39

    Simple. Work doesn't pay in the US. The hardest working people are paid the least.

    • @Scott-by9ks
      @Scott-by9ks 5 лет назад +7

      I absolutely agree! It is not smart to work your whole life! It is much smarter to own! "Do what you have to until you can do what you like." I forget who said that but it stuck with me. Most people have to work, at least initially but once you can own the benefits are amazing. I learned this young in life and now at 38 I don't work. Or at least I try not too. I am free from the burden of HAVING TO work. I now get to choose what work I take. I haven't worked for money since May 2016 when I sold my business. I have since been looking for my next opportunity but nothing lucrative enough has come up. Yes, I have gotten a few offers but nothing that compelled me to act.
      Please please please take my advise, do what you have to until you can do what you like. That means a lot of sacrifice early on. It took YEARS to get where I am at, but all I can say now is don't hate. Most are now willing to do what I did, and in some cases able.

    • @SI29222
      @SI29222 5 лет назад

      Philip O'Carroll I think that is only slightly true. Especially not the 2nd sentence

    • @jonathandeman9051
      @jonathandeman9051 5 лет назад +1

      harvinsi it is true, jobs that you need the most; construction workers And that soort of stuff doesn’t pay at all. While Some psychologist with the highest degree doesn’t do anything but think about What peaple do And gets more money

    • @Scott-by9ks
      @Scott-by9ks 5 лет назад +6

      @@SI29222 dishwashers work hard but they don't get paid well. Busboys work hard but they don't get paid well. Janitor's work hard but they don't get paid well. Have you ever worked in agriculture? I have and I promise you it does not pay well. Nearly all manual labor jobs require hard work but do not pay well.

    • @diaperdude6163
      @diaperdude6163 5 лет назад

      Oh yeah because professional boxers don't work hard.

  • @jdnrotterdam2150
    @jdnrotterdam2150 5 лет назад +91

    I’m happy to live in a country that takes care of you and your family. I love the states but i don’t want to live there. For a vacation or a city trip oh yeah! But the netherlands is the best place to have a home

    • @yoleeisbored
      @yoleeisbored 5 лет назад +5

      is netherlands a great country to start and raise a child?

    • @jdnrotterdam2150
      @jdnrotterdam2150 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah but where are you from?

    • @lydiabell6218
      @lydiabell6218 4 года назад +18

      You are right. Europe is a far better place to live.

    • @yoleeisbored
      @yoleeisbored 4 года назад +10

      @@jdnrotterdam2150 im from USA. haha you should see the schools here. Schools here have American flags everywhere, schools have police officers and a drug dog who sniffs the school out, some schools have metal detectors, schools buses have no seatbelts, Soldiers come down to recruit, etc.

    • @jdnrotterdam2150
      @jdnrotterdam2150 4 года назад +13

      The Netherlands it’s not like that. And mostly school
      Is nearby your house . So you can allways check you child. Or call the teacher how he or she doing. They are nice. For supermarket you can walk. i know people from LA that came to visit here. The first thing they say to me was ...: so peacefull...

  • @dianerose7631
    @dianerose7631 4 года назад +5

    I’m an educated poor person who technically would be in poverty. Since covid and the cares act, the cash has started to maybe get me to a better life. So far, i have gotten my missing teeth restored, paid all my bills and then some for 7 months, have better quality life, and am going back to school to earn a business license. It’s still very hard. I do not have ample savings to afford rent and live at home. I have only 2k to my name and am chronically ill. I am trying my best to NOT become poor, yet highly educated. I have two college degrees, and live on Long Island, which is extremely competitive

  • @satriaamiluhur622
    @satriaamiluhur622 5 лет назад +19

    As a third worlder, i just can't identify with any of these. I mean, in my place the actual poor literally eat dirt, live in ramshackle house, and wear the same clothes day by day. But the people in these video look clean, healthy, and well-fed (some are obese for lord's sake) that they don't feel like the poverty i always see

    • @illegalalien6542
      @illegalalien6542 5 лет назад +1

      Yet you have access to the internet...🤔🤨

    • @MrHarsh3600
      @MrHarsh3600 5 лет назад +3

      @@illegalalien6542 he didn't say that he was poor. Not all people from third world countries are poor. I live in India and I agree with him. From Indian standards, poor in US have better lifestyle as compared to a middle class person. I work in bank in India and I can't afford to live like the so called poor people as shown in the video.t

  • @joshpeter8588
    @joshpeter8588 5 лет назад +53

    That's not poverty, show the real poverty here in america

  • @sierrajade63
    @sierrajade63 5 лет назад +31

    I'm a over the road truck driver. My home is my truck,at least I'm safe in it. I've seen many drivers with there wife and kids living in the truck with him, sometimes they even have pets. You wouldn't think that a truck driver is homeless but many are. Poor people are everywhere even if they have a job.

    • @bfry38
      @bfry38 4 года назад +12

      You’re exactly right! I’m a trucker too, but I’m home every night. Another thankless job I have down. Without trucks the world stops, but no one cares, or respects us.

    • @Rahel336
      @Rahel336 3 года назад +1

      Come to my country in Indonesia, it's true the average wage is only 300-400 dollars per month, but you can rent house only 50 dollar per month (the cheapest room), 100 dollars per month (a comfortable small house).
      For the food, the cost is only 3 dollars a day, you can eat 3 times a day with just 3 dollars (I am not joking)
      Moreover, if you are American, my fellow folks will regard you highly and they will dare to oay you at least 1000 dollars per month. Believe me, if you have 1000 dollars per month in my country, you will live luxuriously here.
      In my country, I have never heard any employed person who don't have a house or can't afford to rent any house.

    • @stepbrohelpimstuck2480
      @stepbrohelpimstuck2480 3 года назад

      @@Rahel336
      These Americans wouldn't be able to point on the map where Indonesia is.

    • @denisrichu5697
      @denisrichu5697 3 года назад

      @@Rahel336 Same here..Small houses costs from $20 so we rarely have homelessness,,

    • @testtestsson4927
      @testtestsson4927 3 года назад +1

      @@bfry38 I work as a programmer and I am tankful for truck drivers. My father was a truck driver and he permanently injured his back from that job and is now disabled

  • @BeanBag343
    @BeanBag343 4 года назад +6

    Where I live a small 2 bedroom apartment costs $1700 a month, town houses cost about the same amount, and single family homes cost $2000+ a month. Why don't we have affordable housing anymore?

    • @grandmalovesmebest
      @grandmalovesmebest 4 года назад +2

      I'm hoping corona at least brings rents under control. Considering wages in the US, $1700/month for rent should get you a luxurious apt. that only a wealthy person could afford. Just read Manhatten has tons of empty apts, average rent on 2 BR is $4,620 but salaries are high. Problem is most apts are owned by small business ppl, not large corps. So when ppl can't pay rent, businesses will collapse. Either rentals will become affordable again or large corps or foreign interests will buy up the properties and NY will become like Miami Beach, once a sleepy little town that time forgot until it turned into a jet setters hot spot and houses that rented for $300/month became $3000/night tourist digs.

    • @Bigbudd0045
      @Bigbudd0045 4 года назад +3

      @@grandmalovesmebest big corps and investors will wait for those properties to crash. Then they will sit on them and keep them off the market so they can maximize profits. Its what happened in 2008 following the crash. The banks just sat on foreclosed homes so they wouldnt depress real estate further. Our whole legal system is predicated on protecting private property. I mean that. The oldest laws that get cited are property laws from before the US was founded. Property and our Trust and Estate laws are rooted in Medieval England. The people who founded the US were wealthy land owners. The whole country needs restructuring. but it wont happen.

    • @ohioitis200
      @ohioitis200 4 года назад

      What area do you live in?

    • @BeanBag343
      @BeanBag343 4 года назад +1

      @@ohioitis200 I live in a suburb in PA

    • @nvtnvt9617
      @nvtnvt9617 3 года назад +1

      Dude that's crazy here in the Netherland I live in a home with 3 rooms kitchen shower and pay 450 euro p/m . I must admit i got lucky but otherwise it would be around 700 perhaps

  • @RPDBY
    @RPDBY 5 лет назад +123

    there were no diapers when i was born, why are they necessary today? it is a convenience, not a necessity

    • @markwright1981
      @markwright1981 5 лет назад +11

      washing and reusing diapers also uses resources... when gram ma did it she was doing it in a washtub and tossing the water outside.. do that now and you will get arrested.... or today you can get a hose attachment and wash them out in the toilet... we did it, it is messy, nasty, dirty... we could afford diapers so we stopped... I would not wish it on my enemy.... It might save money.. but it is a time killer and unsanitary
      NO, I am all for giving the poor diapers

    • @jntj3007
      @jntj3007 5 лет назад +16

      RPDBY - Were you born in the ice age?

    • @agentsmidt3209
      @agentsmidt3209 5 лет назад +4

      I still remember my niece being wrapped with towels, we just rewash those badboys...she was born in 2001 sooo.... I guess it's what people are accustomed to.

    • @noeldown1952
      @noeldown1952 5 лет назад +1

      Who washed the diapers?

    • @RK-ve4xp
      @RK-ve4xp 5 лет назад +1

      Well-said. Much of western goods used to care for children is convenience, not mandatory. In fact,majority of the goods sitting in home is totally unnecessary.

  • @bl466
    @bl466 4 года назад +30

    Its amazing that no one speaks of the glaring problem. If you work for McDonald's you should be able to earn an adequate standard living from McDonalds and not have to rely on handouts or foodstamps. We are allowing companies to underpay the lowest employees and overpay their executives. This is ridiculous and completely unfair.

    • @uberhaxonova
      @uberhaxonova 2 года назад +3

      No it is fair because money earned is directly correlated to value increased and profits increased. A CEO that is making 10 million a year is probably making investors way more money. His 10 million is peanuts compared to the value increase of the company.
      A McDonald’s employee brings very little value and is easily replaceable. This is just the hard facts of life.
      Get an education in something that pays well. Nursing engineering law medicine if you want to work for a living.

    • @Wilbur-em1hw
      @Wilbur-em1hw 2 года назад +5

      @@uberhaxonova Well but there is someone that has to do the job. It adds little to no value but it is a job nonetheless. Done by people who have bills to pay n a family to feed. If people just start shifting to higher value jobs. Who will do these kinda jobs??. The people doing these jobs are humans not robots. They need a living wage.

    • @blacklyfe5543
      @blacklyfe5543 2 года назад

      No one and I repeat no one is making money off of McDonald's

    • @distantraveller9876
      @distantraveller9876 Год назад

      Life isn't fair. Wake up.

    • @bl466
      @bl466 Год назад

      @axeljohnson2184 that has nothing to do with it, little one.

  • @tanaygupta632
    @tanaygupta632 4 года назад +30

    They think not able to buy diaper is poverty.😂

    • @syncmeandroid
      @syncmeandroid 4 года назад +8

      Hahaha exactly. I've never seen fat poors in other countries.

    • @phenomenalphysics3548
      @phenomenalphysics3548 3 года назад +4

      @@syncmeandroid that's exactly what I was thinking LOL

  • @uwone7778
    @uwone7778 4 года назад +1

    We're almost 30 TRILLION in the Hole... why do people keep claiming we are a rich country?

  • @AJ-vj8uu
    @AJ-vj8uu 4 года назад +66

    I would be hard pressed in having children if I don't have the means to take care of them. There has got to be some personal accountability in all of this.

    • @gardenjoy5223
      @gardenjoy5223 4 года назад +2

      You are so right.

    • @CadenceManin
      @CadenceManin 4 года назад +5

      THIS
      Personally responsibility, planning, and self discipline...

    • @ksc743
      @ksc743 4 года назад +2

      I was just going to make the same comment. I cannot imagine how worrying it must be every day to know you cannot provide for your children.

    • @SherrainePhillips
      @SherrainePhillips 4 года назад +2

      We all know this, but their situation cannot be reversed. Makes no sense to blame and shame at this point

    • @peterearl9595
      @peterearl9595 4 года назад +1

      Education could be lacking due to poverty which has an impact on birth rates

  • @Marina1686
    @Marina1686 5 лет назад +10

    This video shows pretty much poor choices taken by poor people. If you're already struggling why have 5 kids??!!! It doesn't take a college degree to know this!

    • @ecclairmayo4153
      @ecclairmayo4153 5 лет назад +4

      These people in the comments will get offended and attack you for saying something obvious

    • @tomasgomez9925
      @tomasgomez9925 5 лет назад

      Marina F educating children nowadays is not the same as before. No one wants to be responsible for their lives and expect things to be handed to them just because they feel entitled to it.

    • @petelee2477
      @petelee2477 4 года назад

      I know this is controversial statement to say but most of them are poor for a reason.

  • @pepps779
    @pepps779 5 лет назад +33

    I am starting to think that people truly do not know the difference between wealth and income.

    • @bobjacobson858
      @bobjacobson858 4 года назад

      ...and you would be correct!

    • @keonnaofficial
      @keonnaofficial 2 года назад +1

      They always deem income as wealth as if the conditions are even safe.

  • @normaazgomez9330
    @normaazgomez9330 Год назад +1

    The income inequality and joblessness has caused so much homelessness. Of course that there are people who put themselves in those situations due to addiction or other reasons. But, other than that, it is hard since we have low income and housing is getting ridiculously expensive. But, I also don't understand how people genuinely waste money on things that they don't need either, such as getting your lashes done, getting expensive clothes/ accessories. Call me ignorant, but what I saw on this video, some of the women seemed well dressed and full on makeup, nails, and hair done. My mother did not do any of that just to make rent and to feed us. It's called sacrifice and I am forever grateful for that.

  • @SydneyyyAlexandria
    @SydneyyyAlexandria 5 лет назад +523

    “Use cloth diapers.”
    “Stop having kids.”
    “Use condoms.”
    Did you get the guy? Did you get the job? Is your house any bigger?

    • @fredrika27
      @fredrika27 5 лет назад +66

      The stop having kids is rich! If you knew anything, you'd know that the budget for Planned Parenthood has been frozen! And poor people are affected the most!

    • @ColinTherac117
      @ColinTherac117 5 лет назад +81

      Not having kids is not a solution. Look at what is happening in Japan. They followed that advise and now their population is shrinking and they cannot support their elderly as the burden on the young is too much as it isn't spread out. If your plan for the economy doesn't account for and support the next generation, then it isn't sustainable and the plan must be thrown out.

    • @ColinTherac117
      @ColinTherac117 5 лет назад +21

      @@fredrika27 PP is an organization founded and supported by Nazis to decease the population of ethnic minorities per the "French Option" as stated by Hitler in Mein Kampf. You can go there and make a donation to specifically fund abortions for Jews and POC and they will follow your wish. The founder of PP was very open in her support of the KKK and other such organizations. And my tax dollars should not go towards your abortion. Your body your choice, my money my choice.

    • @fredrika27
      @fredrika27 5 лет назад +56

      @@ColinTherac117 Thank you for saying that! In the US or UK the rich can have as many kids as they want! Look at Katherine, Dutchess of Cambridge with three kids and how she is looked at as a wonderful mother! The minute working class or single parents have kids, then people start saying how they are trying to rip off the dole or welfare programs! Well let's tell the truth! Katherine kids live off the English dole for royalty while poor people get state benefits! What's the difference?! Both programs are paid for by the people! Oh yes, the rich are better than the poor and deserve their entitlements! Reality: all children need a good education, house over their heads and food on the table!

    • @SydneyyyAlexandria
      @SydneyyyAlexandria 5 лет назад +8

      @@ColinTherac117 this, and many others, is my point. There is a not a one size fits all solution. The answer is the cumulation of education and replacing corrupt systems with more efficient and inclusive processes, etc.
      Not everyone has equal access to information and resources - that's the ultimate point.

  • @mbanson23
    @mbanson23 4 года назад +122

    We really need to look at family planning in America.

    • @mirandacarpenter2117
      @mirandacarpenter2117 4 года назад +20

      We need to look into sterilization!

    • @carlgharis7948
      @carlgharis7948 4 года назад +6

      @@mirandacarpenter2117 EXACTLY

    • @carlgharis7948
      @carlgharis7948 4 года назад

      @@spiritualalchemy3393 because the GOP is out looking for an enemy unfortunately

    • @theia1653
      @theia1653 3 года назад +7

      Personally, IUDs and arm implants should be a requirement to start junior high.

    • @cakeisyummy5755
      @cakeisyummy5755 3 года назад

      @@mirandacarpenter2117...

  • @alexeialeksandr7606
    @alexeialeksandr7606 5 лет назад +56

    26k for a single person is poverty level let alone a family of 4.

    • @PaulMielcarz
      @PaulMielcarz 4 года назад +4

      In Poland that would make you rich.

    • @V8_screw_electric_cars
      @V8_screw_electric_cars 4 года назад +1

      @@PaulMielcarz Would be perfect to have some online job in US and live in Poland…

    • @vedanttaneja4428
      @vedanttaneja4428 4 года назад +1

      26 k for a single person is decent

    • @kimberlyk269
      @kimberlyk269 4 года назад

      Then work to find a better job than an entry level position, those are for young adults or retirees.. you people wanna live like the upper middle class but also work part time at Burger King. LAZY

    • @jennifer7648
      @jennifer7648 4 года назад

      @@kimberlyk269 We are not lazy at all. We both work and look for better paying jobs. However, unless you have a degree (which I am working on), there are no jobs that pay a living wage. Most of the time, even if you have a degree, the jobs still don't. Also, those who have jobs are not lazy, regardless of where they work or what they do.

  • @leogrande204
    @leogrande204 4 года назад +3

    It is so admirable of Anne to start this charity. There are many people who give of their personal time and money to help others.

  • @Mathlorono
    @Mathlorono 4 года назад +108

    Don’t have childrens says the man who is against Free abortion right 🤯

    • @blink-reveluv-my6875
      @blink-reveluv-my6875 4 года назад +13

      Bruh he even made employers stop birth control if it goes against their religious reasons like...

    • @elijahjohnson1952
      @elijahjohnson1952 4 года назад +5

      You know there are condoms with a .5 failure rate and many manufactures clam 100% if not reused. And thats just one method, morning after pills now can give you 1 week lie way, and woman's birth control is legendary thinks to woman's test in the 1950s.

    • @alqoshgirl
      @alqoshgirl 4 года назад +10

      No don’t have abortions, but at the same time make right choices. The whole point is taking responsibility in life. For example it’s not a coincidence that the majority of poor people are unmarried with children and no dad. That’s a choice you made in life. When you make a bad choice the solution is not killing another human. It saddens me greatly to see people suffer greatly. But I believe we need to look at the root issue to help them. Why did they end up here? What choices did they make to get there? How can we change that cycle?

    • @adrianb6942
      @adrianb6942 4 года назад +9

      A person can only be help so much, how much help should the government give for a family to not live in poverty. I believe there are several factors that play a roll in poverty. There are a lot of cases where individuals grow up in poverty and continue the same negligent behaviors as the people around them which results to living in poverty
      1.) having children when not financially able to take care of them plays a big roll in poverty. Free birth control do exist
      2.) No desire or motivation to learn a trade or further their education for better job opportunity. In fact most individuals would not work if they know they can get more financial income from the government then from an employer
      3.) The inability to manage, save, and invest money due to lack of financial education

    • @wturner777
      @wturner777 4 года назад +1

      There are such thing as condoms. You may even get them for free at many health departments. Also worst case scenario if one happens to be pregnant, an abortion is not the ONLY option. An adoption is a much better option (gee that rhymes 😁). There are couples out there that want children but can't have any biologically, including LGBTQ+ couples.

  • @IndigoChild777X
    @IndigoChild777X 5 лет назад +90

    Why have kids you can’t afford? Your selfish for bringing children into poverty!

    • @trungnguyenhoang6821
      @trungnguyenhoang6821 5 лет назад +1

      So having no rights to have kids cuz you cant afford??

    • @IndigoChild777X
      @IndigoChild777X 5 лет назад +22

      trung nguyen hoang It’s not about the rights of having children, what about the rights of the child being dragged up in poverty because their parents made a study irresponsible decision to have children they couldn’t afford? It’s selfish and irresponsible to bring children into such a mess and then expect free handouts! So it’s not about rights!! It’s about stupid people making stupid decisions!

    • @trungnguyenhoang6821
      @trungnguyenhoang6821 5 лет назад +3

      @@IndigoChild777X 'you are poor so you are stupid and should not have children'. At crazy amount of inequitable wealth of the US, it's society's fault tho

    • @IndigoChild777X
      @IndigoChild777X 5 лет назад +6

      trung nguyen hoang yes that’s exactly what I am saying! If you bring children into the world knowing they will live in poverty is definitely stupid and selfish! Why would want your child to grow up in poverty?? If you argue against that then you are extremely stupid! There is no way anyone can condone being up children in poverty! So to have children as it is a human right and have to get free nappies because you cannot afford them is STUPID and irresponsible

    • @reehji
      @reehji 5 лет назад +3

      trung nguyen hoang you have a right to have children, but you also have the RESPONSIBILITY to raise them well. It’s like if I buy a car and owe 20k, must I expect other people to donate money for my car payments ?
      If you can raise 20 kids with no problem, no one will stop you from having 20 of them. The problem starts when it’s necessary for others to suffer for your poor “planning”

  • @nsms1297
    @nsms1297 5 лет назад +104

    I am wondering why they have more than 3 kids when they can't afford to feed 1.

    • @arnulforodriguezveras9814
      @arnulforodriguezveras9814 5 лет назад +5

      I was thinking exactly the same

    • @nsms1297
      @nsms1297 5 лет назад +2

      @@esequieltovar4955 but now what can taxpayers benefit from this. They will get more competition in jobs,creating unemployment, cannot have more children since all the tax money goes to others like migrants who are not even refugees.

    • @nsms1297
      @nsms1297 5 лет назад +1

      @@esequieltovar4955 migrants means people from stable countries who come for better income not knowing they have to spend more with that money. They are not women and children affected by war they are illegals. You see men coming by boats to Greece. They don't understand greece is already bankrupt and it's own people are suffering. Money goes to migrants like when they come to host country they claim as refugees and government had to search for jobs for them,feed them, healthcare etc. Already they are unskilled labour there is no benefit Europe could get from them.

    • @spqr1945
      @spqr1945 5 лет назад

      Because they didn't want to make an abortion

    • @ecclairmayo4153
      @ecclairmayo4153 5 лет назад

      @@arnulforodriguezveras9814 - and then people who make money and a food living only have one or two.

  • @TheKessi1000
    @TheKessi1000 3 года назад +2

    If over 400 billion dollars is given to charity every single year and has been for decades, then I just have one question; How are there ANY people suffering anywhere in this country? Think about it. Obviously that money is going somewhere, but the vast majority is not going to the intended purpose.
    Real charity starts in your neighborhood, where you and your financial success can actually make a difference.

    • @TheKessi1000
      @TheKessi1000 3 года назад +1

      @@gustavosouza45994 Charity is for those in need. When we had less than a 5% unemployment rate, you will want to seriously adjust your math.
      Also, Welfare is NOT charity either, that is taken care of by taxes. There are lots of non profit shelters as well for people like the homeless, poor, etc.
      See how this massive amount of charity money doesn't seem to be having any sort of noticeable effect?

  • @mountainous_port
    @mountainous_port 5 лет назад +10

    Poverty in America is nothing like the poverty found in the rest of the world. In other word its not hunger poverty but simply inconvenient poverty.

  • @brodyszone157
    @brodyszone157 5 лет назад +26

    When I was a single mom I made it work reusable diapers and walked to where we needed to go... I roughed it but it was life and my daughter is 23 now so we lived

    • @abram730
      @abram730 5 лет назад +7

      Poor is much more poor now.
      Average wealth for the poorest 50% has plummeted 27.5 percent, and average wealth for the poorest 40% is virtually ZERO. The median American household has less wealth in current dollars than it did 35 years ago.
      246.75 million Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
      141.47 million U.S. households can't afford a monthly budget that includes housing, food, child care, health care, transportation and a cell phone.
      163.5 million Americans are classified to live in poverty.

    • @ohyesitsyouagain
      @ohyesitsyouagain 5 лет назад +5

      Abram Carroll Thank you. I hear so many people saying they were poor in the 60s-90s and they made it, and look down on those who can’t do it now. They neglect to realize that in the past 20 years, rents have gone up at least 3x as much, and minimum wage has only gone up $2-$3 dollars in most states. Much different times.

    • @margomazzeo1680
      @margomazzeo1680 4 года назад +1

      @@ohyesitsyouagain You and Abram are so right!!

    • @dc76384
      @dc76384 4 года назад

      @@ohyesitsyouagain so make minimum wage 15 an hour. And nothing will change.

  • @AllIsWellaus
    @AllIsWellaus 5 лет назад +50

    It's devastating to see this. My own nation of 4 million, New Zealand does more to help out the members of our society who need it.

    • @ashleyreid6356
      @ashleyreid6356 5 лет назад

      5 million!

    • @Ellon62
      @Ellon62 5 лет назад +2

      @@ashleyreid6356 Whoa!! 1 million babies in just 1 month?? You crazy f*ckers ;-))

    • @AllIsWellaus
      @AllIsWellaus 5 лет назад

      Close. I didn't realise by how much it has risen. 4.794 million (2017)

    • @robertmasina4610
      @robertmasina4610 2 года назад

      The USA tried a so-called war on poverty in the 1960's and it made some of the population dependant on the government.

    • @lambertbane4390
      @lambertbane4390 2 года назад

      New Zealand is way better

  • @AlessandroMarcolin
    @AlessandroMarcolin 4 года назад +28

    I suppose having 5 kids when you are a porly educated single mom falls into the category of personal responsibility for beeing poor.

    • @caterinas6863
      @caterinas6863 3 года назад +4

      The children shouldn’t pay the price though

    • @stepbrohelpimstuck2480
      @stepbrohelpimstuck2480 3 года назад +1

      You're right, she shouldn't have any children. Then who will be the future of this country? The kids of those few privileged that can afford it?

    • @caterinas6863
      @caterinas6863 3 года назад

      @@stepbrohelpimstuck2480 many people can afford one or even two children

    • @AlessandroMarcolin
      @AlessandroMarcolin 3 года назад

      @@stepbrohelpimstuck2480 I didn't say she shouldn't have ANY kids, but maybe just maybe not 5, as a poor single mother. Am I saying something controversial, dude ?

    • @stepbrohelpimstuck2480
      @stepbrohelpimstuck2480 3 года назад

      @@caterinas6863
      Yep, and those numbers mean a decline in population.

  • @trumpsadouchebag7501
    @trumpsadouchebag7501 4 года назад +31

    Poverty exists, not because we can't help the poor, it exists because we can't satisfy the rich.

    • @Corkfish1
      @Corkfish1 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, Its the rich mans fault you're a loser

  • @noeldown1952
    @noeldown1952 5 лет назад +16

    Lowest unemployment in history. Almost 20% of children living below the poverty line. And your solution is to improve social security? These parents work! How about ensuring they get living wages? How about zero tax for the low income families? How about setting minimum wages on federal level so that a retail employee could support a family like they could in the 50's or 60's?

    • @nicholas11121
      @nicholas11121 5 лет назад

      zero tax is a big one

    • @bornfree8073
      @bornfree8073 5 лет назад +4

      How about people budget more. You talk about how the sixties were still better but in the sixties you could not been hundreds of dollars a month on menial shit, such as neflix, hulu, lottery tickets and etc. Also if you had learned a valuable skill you would be able to acquire something above minimum wage. With only one Min wage because you're not worth more than minimum wage. Also the influx of immigration as undoubted the very bottom on skilled labor jobs. So the only Feasible way to get higher Minimum wage for unskilled laborers you need to slow the mount of immigration.

    • @alexmikhylov
      @alexmikhylov 5 лет назад +1

      @Antonio Giuseppe "How can someone budget if they don’t know how to do that in the first place?"
      nobody will ever do it for you anyway, this is the one when you've got to suck it up and deal with.

    • @alexmikhylov
      @alexmikhylov 5 лет назад +1

      "How about setting minimum wages on federal level so that a retail employee could support a family like they could in the 50's or 60's?"
      yeah sure. businesses will just adapt more self-checkout systems. high minimum wage won't help anybody when those jobs that need them most will just disappear from the market. and they will.

    • @noeldown1952
      @noeldown1952 5 лет назад +1

      @@alexmikhylov Which has was exactly what happened in Scandinavia, New Zealand, Australia and other countries following the Nordic model or similar economic styles. So did their economies collapse? Did they suffer massive u employment? Come on, tell us, what happened?

  • @jerrymandarren
    @jerrymandarren 4 года назад +25

    We live in an age where you can be obese while poor.

    • @thegreathawk2244
      @thegreathawk2244 4 года назад +6

      Obese isn't the same as well fed, though.

    • @starxiaz
      @starxiaz 4 года назад +13

      Overly processed food is cheaper than healthy food.

  • @me-he4pu
    @me-he4pu 3 года назад +6

    What I see with my own eyes every day is we get poorer and poorer and the rich get richer

  • @djtdjt8921
    @djtdjt8921 5 лет назад +59

    Why do you have FIVE kids?!?! 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @aaronmuller6050
      @aaronmuller6050 5 лет назад

      Lack of money for contraceptives I guess

    • @ХейХей-ю3ф
      @ХейХей-ю3ф 4 года назад +1

      I think It's kind of investment
      You have 5 children that will get adult and provide you in future
      In my country that work so

  • @jamesperez6964
    @jamesperez6964 5 лет назад +632

    Poses interesting socioeconomic issue
    Discusses diapers for half the video

    • @tarsierontherun
      @tarsierontherun 5 лет назад +48

      You might think that your comment is smart, but really you've got to be pretty slow if you can't see the point of discussing the fact that families can't afford a necessity like diapers.

    • @The_Revolutionist
      @The_Revolutionist 5 лет назад +5

      @NibiruLives
      No, they live in Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

    • @LowestofheDead
      @LowestofheDead 5 лет назад +20

      @@tarsierontherun It frames the conversation around poor people "having too many kids" and not the economy's dependence on desperate people.
      Think of payday loans, get-rich-quick schemes, local governments that are funded by over-fining people who can't afford a lawyer, every business that needs cheap or unsafe labor from desperate people. People without the resources to defend themselves, and miseducated at crumbling schools with lack of funding due to their housing district, they support so much of our economy.

    • @letrat7021
      @letrat7021 5 лет назад +1

      The Supreme Archailect what does Silicon Valley have to do with this

    • @manus5423
      @manus5423 5 лет назад +4

      @@LowestofheDead thanks, your comment is very accurate.
      they purposely don't talk about inequality. or about who's getting rich by raising prices and stagnating wages or about tax evasion.

  • @plenaryfitness
    @plenaryfitness 5 лет назад +22

    So, if I understood correctly, the only underlying reason and fix for poverty is governmental social programs. That seems overly simplistic, there must be other factors. Education? Red-tape barriers to entrepreneurship? Crime? Two parent vs single parent households?
    I would imagine that if one had a better understanding of underlying barriers to exiting poverty, there could be more intelligent programs to help those in need.
    Can we compare the US to small homogeneous countries like Finland? If we do, should we look at their tax rate? Why is populism rising and a move away from some of these social programs happening in Finland?
    This video did address a lack of resources for American youth, I applaud that focus, just the lack of investigate journalism and reporting based on the title.

    • @TheEconomist
      @TheEconomist  5 лет назад +4

      Hi Chase, thanks for watching our film. Our special report on poverty ( here: econ.trib.al/oddKawe )
      should help answer some of your questions in more detail. We are also releasing another film today that looks at how to help America's poor. On top of that, we will be doing a live Q and A on Friday about the politics of poverty, so tune in for that.

    • @spqr1945
      @spqr1945 5 лет назад +5

      American middle class is shrinking, millions of well paid manufacturing jobs were eliminated by automation or moved to countries with cheaper labour. Some of those people fit in new reality, some don't. That's where I see a reason why more far right or far left politicians becoming popular.

    • @Chamelionroses
      @Chamelionroses 3 года назад

      @@spqr1945 like with UN ...pretty much left and right politicians are useless but get paid well for talking.

    • @rsgarg900
      @rsgarg900 2 года назад +1

      Respected sir liked your thoughts very much 🌹 most important accountability should be fix for red tape. Employment, education system, most important brake on corruption.

  • @brianjones7660
    @brianjones7660 8 месяцев назад +1

    Balanced budget Amendment, number one.
    Gold standard or some commodity standard to stabilize the currency.
    25% cut in all federal departments. We waste beyond words.

  • @HippiePajon
    @HippiePajon 5 лет назад +65

    I mean, Andrew Yang too

    • @bornfree8073
      @bornfree8073 5 лет назад +1

      @Jeff Session to the individuals who need it. Not the individuals that will have an increase tax hike, because we all know he isnt going to eliminate other social programs

    • @philomath3238
      @philomath3238 5 лет назад +7

      @@bornfree8073 Then how come so many multi-billionaires are in favor of it?
      They became billionaires because of their mindset of abundance, and they know that using a tiny bit of their money to give basic income for everyone is even more beneficial for themselves.

    • @kanishkchaturvedi1745
      @kanishkchaturvedi1745 5 лет назад +4

      @@bornfree8073 You won't feel the brunt of it even remotely. It is going to be funded by a VAT at HALF the European level. It'll be a few cents of your amazon purchase. And it's totally fair considering Amazon is providing you a cheaper product because it eliminates the retail employee and mall rent fees

  • @yanhanlu9559
    @yanhanlu9559 5 лет назад +14

    My parents would never believe it if they were to be told one of the symptoms of American poverty is families having no single-use diapers. To people spoiled by consumerism tho, I admit, that is a problem.

  • @idamira704
    @idamira704 5 лет назад +24

    Why have children if you can't support them?

    • @ShriAditya
      @ShriAditya 4 года назад +1

      1 child = 9 months' relaxation from using condoms or pills.

    • @aecc035791
      @aecc035791 4 года назад +9

      Low IQ

  • @Yov-w1v
    @Yov-w1v 4 года назад +3

    I remember when someone said 'we are not part of poverty, and yet there is still something basic that we couldnt buy.'

  • @rdbtumpy
    @rdbtumpy 4 года назад +56

    With due respect 5 Kids .. I mean what craziness is this... same thing I say about Indian poor who keep on procreating..

    • @hanzalamunir2140
      @hanzalamunir2140 4 года назад

      Having children isn't a crime... everyone wants kids... it's after you have kids that you strive to earn for them 😇

    • @rdbtumpy
      @rdbtumpy 4 года назад +8

      @@hanzalamunir2140 with shortage of resources, over-population, pollution, stress everything bringing on 5 kids on to the earth to suffer is almost like a crime 😕

    • @hanzalamunir2140
      @hanzalamunir2140 4 года назад

      @@rdbtumpy if they fulfill their responsibility of bringing them up till legal age then no it isn't a crime....yes world population is a serious issue but then rich should also have controlled birth rates and only poor should not be blamed....if I want to have 5 kids in future I wouldn't want anyone to tell me otherwise

    • @rdbtumpy
      @rdbtumpy 4 года назад +1

      @@hanzalamunir2140 i also mentioned another thing “shortage of resources” which will make the lives of the next generation a mess as the competition, stress, difficulty will just manifold

    • @kitmini8197
      @kitmini8197 3 года назад

      @@hanzalamunir2140 not everyone wants kids...

  • @n.s.2448
    @n.s.2448 5 лет назад +60

    Who told her to have 5 kids!

    • @aiahzohar5636
      @aiahzohar5636 4 года назад +10

      EXACTLY! But you're a "monster" for asking this obvious question.

    • @bobjacobson858
      @bobjacobson858 4 года назад +9

      How about birth control? If you use that, then you're unlikely to have to think about abortion.

    • @Sudeevarma
      @Sudeevarma 4 года назад +1

      @shirley tompkins Abortion is sin ,but birth control isn't

    • @kerinac1909
      @kerinac1909 4 года назад

      Pierre Dakota you can have an abortion at 40 weeks pregnant so not sure what you mean by abortion is illegal. Plus if you don’t know how the the birds and the bees work than maybe you should wait.

    • @alexchavez3244
      @alexchavez3244 4 года назад

      sandeep varma abortion isn’t a sin every death is a suicide of you think about it nature kills anything that can’t reproduce is that a sin?

  • @Leventhan1
    @Leventhan1 5 лет назад +22

    "Poverty" in a first world country is not comparable to poverty elsewhere in the world.

    • @alienwithhands
      @alienwithhands 5 лет назад

      Leventhan preach

    • @diaperdude6163
      @diaperdude6163 5 лет назад

      Poverty is mostly a state of mind.
      Stupid people wreck shit.

    • @gsxr1189
      @gsxr1189 5 лет назад

      Poverty is voluntary condition. People who remain poor are poor because they want to be.

    • @diaperdude6163
      @diaperdude6163 5 лет назад

      @@gsxr1189 I dunno, I know some disabled people that are poor. Schizophrenia etc.

    • @gsxr1189
      @gsxr1189 5 лет назад

      @@diaperdude6163 I'm talking about healthy people. People who are healthy and live in the US who remain poor are poor because they want to be poor.

  • @paragkita1390
    @paragkita1390 4 года назад +17

    I live in the Philippines and wow! You call that poverty? You gotta see our country as to how poverty looks like.

    • @romanbatista3286
      @romanbatista3286 3 года назад +5

      I think my country ( india) can gove you a tough competition in that .

    • @xenophobe2981
      @xenophobe2981 3 года назад +1

      Almost 85 Percent of countries r developing...so poverty is huge issue in the world
      Like all developing countries got poverty near to 10 15 percent..and poorest got more than 50 percent

    • @Womendeservebetter1
      @Womendeservebetter1 8 месяцев назад

      Meanwhile indian Slum : 😮