US Poverty - No Way Out l We the People
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- This film was originally broadcast on Al Jazeera English in the run-up to the US elections in 2008.
One in eight Americans - that is 37 million people - live below the official poverty line. That means these families are often homeless, hungry and have no health insurance.
Over the past three decades, the rich have become richer and the distance between the haves and have-nots has widened.
In many western countries up to 10 percent of children live in poverty. That percentage is double in the US and the numbers are growing. What is worse, American children born into poverty have little chance of moving up and out.
We the People travels to Oakland, California, where a lack of opportunities, little investment in education and the legacy of the drug epidemic of the 1980s have created a cycle of poverty.
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I don’t say this to sound like a jerk but I watch these videos because it makes me appreciate what I have . It hurts my heart to see this but it makes me very grateful for what I have
A great statement and nothing to be ashamed of.
I do to 👍
Yes i do as well. I can say sometimes im not grateful for whaf i have a roof over my head food in the fridge i dont havr to worry about being hungry or bills paid. Im able to go to college without worrying about paying for it and i have the oppertunity to go to college because a lot of people dont or choose not to.
I watch them because I could be there one day. Even though I have a secure job, my credit is bad and can't get rental home. So I can go homeless anytime. And even though I work so much hours it's still not enough to pay for basic living in new zealand.
What you don't have is the heart to be great full to reason with the problem.
Keep in mind when they say "1 in 8 people live in poverty", that doesn't mean the other 7 are living good; That just means the other 7 are enduring the storm for the moment
Just because you have a degree it does not mean you get a job. Your attitude, verbal skills, compassion, ability to relate, and communication skills, etc, is what employees look for.
That's true. Kate Middleton got a degree and didn't work for 10 years
We are all granted "equal opportunity under the law". We are not granted or promised equal results!
That's BS, and a bunch of lies. They can say whatever they want if they don't like your skin color.
I have an Associates in Communication Studies, that has help me stay employed.
nunya buisness well not really
When I was growing up, my father was a mere laborer in a factory but the rent was always paid, we had a nice clean apt and good nutritious food to eat. Unbelievably, he was able to put a few dollars away and treat us to a movie or some Chinese takeout at the end of the month. He was a happy man and I didn't even know we were actually poor as most of our friends and family lived in similar conditions. He used to say that with technological advances and other progress, everyone would live semi comfortable and give their families what he couldn't give us. That didn't happen...wish I could go back to those days...
You had a great father, Tropi. You should always be thankful for that.
That did happen. The fact is many people aren't as responsible as your father.
Was this after WW2? Because society had to learn that the hard way, to get out of the Great Depression.
I like the guy Jesse who teaches the class. People like him, other teachers, and social workers should be paid very well.
Factory work used to be middle class
Ironic AlJazeera reports truth about this country, when our own media can't.
PBS does so often. Also, Al Jazeera is very biased when it comes to its own home country, Qatar. Lol!
@@nunayafb SO EVERYTHING IS FINE IN AMERICA . YOUR POINT
They're educated people. Who don't let their bias get in the way.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be in the position that they're in.
You should see how they potray other countries poverty.
I'm glad I made good decisions... As a man of color, I have no kids, never married, little to no debt, and no criminal history. Look around y'all learn from other people's mistakes, that's what I did, and I still do... It makes things easier, not easy but easier... My heart goes out to anyone in this situation. This could be anyone tomorrow...
You are a lucky man...sounds like you created your own luck, and got lucky in the IQ department, too.
You speaking my language I'm the same no kids never got married because I learn from others myself and I think I made the right choice for myself and tell God too...not that I wouldn't of had children but I didn't wanted to suffer like some people,if you could see it and I could see why others couldn't learn from it too.
I made good desions too my entire life. However, racism is real especially when you try to denounce it and call it by name.
Having a Black president was actually an awakening.
Now, I believe the next step is to humble ourselves and try to accept and reconcile our history as a past with consequences that demand attention in order to obtain complete healing.
Eternal welfare, fix your own problem actitud, neither mass encalceration are solutions.
The actual solution is to get all together and engage into a proactive dialogue.
The problems of one should be considered everyone's problem, a common cause.
@@puffymuffin9064
No children?
This is generic suicide.
I don't see any advantage on such a thing. When many choose not to procreate, this is a form of peaceful massacre.
The things that always puzzles me is, when the Chinese, Japanese, or filipino, Mexicans, Nigerian, Ethiopian all of them come to America without a penny sometimes. But they get help by governmental departments. So where is the help for black Americans? or the people who live in the same level of social status?
I mean it's ridiculous you do full time work and you can't afford to live. Ridiculous! IT's imposed poverty upon them.
The black Americans or other any who were incarcerated before 20 they should be pardoned and let them live their lives and get jobs. But when they are once after 20 if they commit a crime then they should do the time. After they are free, they should be able to do the jobs that are not related to the crime they committed....
Children have become a luxury.
yes! they are a luxury bc they are precious! you wouldn't expect to walk out of Neimans with a mink if you couldnt pay for it. why should anyone expect entitlement to parenthood and possessing children if they cant pay for them?
this disgusts me.
True. Where I grew up they say: "con la` no.>, vo.> la` oan gia".Our social and economic systems are on fast pace. Most people are left behind to some degrees in some aspects, most of those "most" are simply decelerating to stop at some point (death, depravation, desperation, thousand-cut situation ....).
J OneLife all religions belong in America
Om goodness! I agree
@J OneLife No...pre Reaganomics was
I got out of jail and bought a suit. I promise if you overdress you will get a job. Homeboy had a license too I didn’t he got no excuse. About a year ago I took a commission only insurance job and I was waiting on the side. Then I randomly threw out my resume online and Allstate agency owner called me! Huge blessing he fought for me and now I’m blessed. Don’t stop the fight!
Respect to you bro! 👊
It's not about the suit, SuperBro. It's about your Education and skill set. When I show up to interviews, they are paying more attention to how I answer the questions in regards to my experience, education and state licensures, not my suit. Most of my interviews, I wear a nice polo shirt and khakis w/ dress shoes. Never had any issues.
I hope the guy does get a job, you can clearly see he is trying.
I hope he finds employment soon and not revert to crime. It might increase his chances if he dressed a little more professional when he went out job hunting. He could make a better impression.
I don't understand why he doesn't go to a temporary agency. It would be better than nothing till he found a permanent job.
Also, William Greider points out, in his book Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal of American Democracy, "the poverty line has never truly been adjusted to reflect inflation."
And no truer thing was ever said!
Keep ppl POOR AND IN DESPARE they have no POWER. Poverty is a mental prison to keep ppl down and dumb to what's really going on. Govt assistance isn't just for the poor but another way the politicians pockets get fatter. Trust they putting some off that money in their pockets
@C. Michael It's origins were, yes, however it doesn't operate like a Republic or we wouldn't have parties, or a voting democracy. The founding fathers built-in a safety-net called the electoral college, though.
The poverty line is a joke! If you live on more than $2 daily you’re technically not poor and deserve ZERO aid. The inventor of the poverty spoke against it.....
Some of us had kids when we could afford it. Then unforseen circumstances led us into poverty
So true.
Me too. But that means, by definition I couldn't afford her. If you had 1 year of expenses in the bank, yeah. However all you need is some sort of serious health issue and you get wiped out.
Read my post up top and grow the fu
Ck up before you distroy our country.
Research marine spirits!!! Your people are infested with evil spirits...somebody help them! All of us! Your fight is against yourself! You are the problem...just as I am the problem! The Lord is not DEAD! Call on Him.
Obey the commandments! It will free you!
It’s always difficult to watch these types of documentaries, very much heart breaking.
I have some mixed feelings, because the poverty I lived in was worse than anything they've shown here. Honestly not one-upping here, and I feel nothing but compassion for all of these people. But, like, this is the documentary equivalent of an inspirational poster. Everyone's so positive and hardworking and all that. But try living while broke AND suffering from mental illness and multiple physical disabilities in a world where nobody thinks your life is worth anything. It's a lot harder to be cheery and energetic.
American went from a nation of producing to a nation of consuming.
Terry Edwards That's where we started deviating from the values that made us the greatest nation on earth.I am only 20 yrs old but I love the 40's and 50's when we were winning in everything now we're not winning in anything.
Duh 🙄 what do you think capitalism is? It’s not what you do in the beginning of a sentence.
You hit the nail right on the head!
Ian Ronoh "greatest nation on earth"?
You sound so prideful and arrogant.
Maybe that's why God allowed you to get to where you are as a country ! Pride comes before the fall.
Most Americans are SPOILED.
US Of Zion -- of course Republicans pamper the rich.
Of course DemoCraps pamper the irresponsible and lazy.
America causes it's own downfall.
Its just me and my hubby! Married a while we don't have any kids! We struggle sometimes but I'm glad I don't have any kids! Always wanted them and love them! Can't afford it! Its enough we try and make it with the two of us!
Someone should start an organization called adopt a family. People that are well off could foster one family, helping them to know what to do & help them out financially also.
If you give them money would they buy study books or a new playstation?
______x haha I liked the comment you commented on and then I read ur reply and man you have a point hahaha
Joan Berry:
No, we just need to restore the government social safety net - we already pay for it with our taxes!
Joan Berry that's a good idea as long as the rich family can be trusted not to dehumanize the poor family
______x do the middle class buy play stations off the money they use their bussiness' s to charge high profit to the poor people they rent to or sell food to etc ? Sure they do , they over charge in rents etc and put poor people in more poverty so they can buy play stations and any other wastefull thing they want
$9,000 to educate, $30,000 to incarcerate. Let that sink in.
Actually many times that a year for both.
Sorry it take more than $9,000 to educate. That price was 25 years ago.
There is nothing wrong with community college!
@@jamespatrick5348 Spent many years there myself, as it is affordable compared to university classes.
The prison business, slave labor benefiting corporate governance,sad but true. I have been a construction trades Union member. I retired at 51 with 29 years of service under the rules of 80 with full benefits. I went through a 4 year apprentice program and have always relied on"Good work sells itself, that's all you have to offer is your services."Since I was eligible for retirement I did so I wouldn't be taking a younger mans job. I definitely miss working, I have never received public assistance.
Jesse is doing gods work by helping those kids out of poverty god bless him!!
I'm a single mother when I had my children I was married to a man in the military we have since divorced I work 50 hours a week and do not get any public assistance I have an associate's degree but I still fall well below the poverty line what this country needs are jobs or we can make a livable wage I am part of the Working Poor but I will not shack up with a man to make ends meet because that does not set a good example where is the help for people like me
Companies need to pay a living wage. It makes no sense to go to work everyday and can't afford to live decently.
tehagan37 or you can get 5 roommates and share rent. that way you can afford it. after all thats how latinos replace the workforce. live in a tiny shack and everyone in the household nabs 10 jobs. thats progress
always hilarious to see women get equality. the whining never stops! i only wish all white women could experience working 2 jobs. they are the most vocal about their 1st world problems
@@texasgun2731- That may be progress, but it's not sustainable.
@@tehagan37 But that living wage idea only puts small companies out of business, and the big companies are leaving.
The Oakland couple's house was well-maintained. I respect that. They live a lot better than those folks in the desert in "Slab City" California.
watching this in 2020 and I'm close to tears
It makes me realise just how lucky i am to appreciate and be thankful for all i have.
here we are worried about other countries and neglecting our own people!we're to busy funding other countries!!!something wronghere!!!!hmmmm!!!
It was to prevent communism from spreading. Today it's to prevent extremist groups like isis and booko haram from gaining too much influence to commit more attacks.
That or too busy funding warfare. Helping others never decreases a people, but pouring most of our tax dollars into the death and destruction of other nations and peoples will most definitiely result in our very own death and destruction.
@Sara Salinas totally. But the military industrial complex pays politicians big for keeping up the over 100 years straight of military campaigns across the world. That is how long the US has been in a state of war. Because it make a ton of money. Some person said war is a raquet....too true, its just a bunch of criminals commiting haneous crimes for huge profits. The American people could have substantially better lives if the government put at least part of the funding from the department of war into the people and infastructure. Sigh. Im happy to see at least one person out there who sees it too. Loved your comment above about the foreign aid. That is also too true.
*invading other countries
They don't care about poor people it's a front to get the world's minerals into the richest's hands.
I was born poor, I'm disabled living on less than $750 a month. I went to vocational education and earned a masters degree in social work. By the time I finished school as a disabled student everything I learned is irrelevant and I never found a job. I'm almost 60 and I have been homeless 3 times. Learning to live on an income 1/2 of what the nation's poverty level makes me know that I will probably die in poverty.
Blacks need their own businesses in their own communities. Gangs and drug dealers shouldn't be the number 1 job recruiters in our neighborhoods.
This is the most direct sensible comment i"ve seen. We must start our own businesses.
No matter what we say as a community it will never happen. Things are getting worse day by day
@@FaithandNova its getting worse because black men look at the white man as their saviour, so fearful is the black man to step in the unknown and run our own businesses.
maydate86 Sad but absolutely true. Any business venture has some degree of security or prospects, blacks are at the bottom of the totem. Why start a business with limited start up and compete in an unfamiliar territory? Blacks are doing the best that they can, as well as whites.
Its called the free market system, survival of the fittest by charles Darwin. If you don't want to start businesses, you'll keep on marching with Louis Farrakhan to Washington DC for jobs and you'll get nothing as always. Blacks aren't entitled to any free stuff, make black owned businesses or continue to sell coke and shooting each other in gangs, choose.
The sad thing is that people who can't afford kids, are the only people having them.
harold bottom certified fact
harold bottom No they only report a quarter of the truth!
harold bottom
If they had a time machine and could reverse it i think alot of them would due to the cost.
Their not the only one's having them but alot of them do..but some people havung a child pushes them to do better, now when u see how hard it is and u start having more than that's a problem..
Idiocracy.
Why they always showing black peoples, poor white are in America too, it’s a lot of the.
Which films are you watching?
Yes I seen a lot of poor whites.. but the working class is the working poor now let’s not forget that.
Yea I know in Kentucky and West Virginia, also the Native American population, latino population its everywhere.
sheila washington you mean the same way white South Africa are blaming black South Africans for their poverty
In my city in Canada poor white people dont live in actual in hoods.
The guy around 19:00 is right, a lot of people in poverty need mental attention; Poverty had me somewhat mentally damaged for a long time but a close relationship with God and a strong determination to be good is what helped keep me from mentally collapsing
Young ladies, do not cohabit. Any man worthy of you and your babies is gainfully employed and proposes to you with a ring and a date! It's not a guarantee, but it sure will make all your lives easier if you do end up in poverty.Young men, be worthy of the title of husband and father. Stay away from gangs and crime. Both, if worse comes to worse, try to get a job around food.
Genesis.. The "man" shall "rule" over "you". Eccl. I find "more" bitter than "death" the "woman". MEN you are told by THE MOST HIGH, not to allow a "woman" to usurp your authority. Brothers you "must" understand these women are "not" wife material according to HIS word. 'RIGHTEOUS" men remember without "you" "she" has "no" hope. However, I understand most do not live by HIS word. The "woman" was made for the "man". Marriage rings did not start until 1924, thats right less than a hundred years. It was and is another way for the government to gain control over the man, by way of these wicked women. Brothers "read" The Book of Sirach. Chapter 25 verse 26. Also understand THE MOST HIGH has set HIS SONS apart from "all" others. HE shall make a "man" more precious than gold. Travel outside of the U>S>A and see how well you are treated and received.
@@eliyahysrayl1751 women have really done a number on the next generation of men
religion is the problem, not the solution.
@@hedgefundphil BOTH have done a bad job. Women by having babies by anyone. And men by walking away from responsibility
If worse comes to worst, young men may be glad to be part of a gang, because they will be doing the robbing and the Looting and the raping. I don't like it, but it's as likely to happen as not. People in groups will have an easier time of it, even if those groups are in gangs.
Individuals will have a tough road to hoe...likely won't make it alone.
I would like to see an update on this story. What's the point of replaying a story that is 8 years old without updates? It's not a sitcom!
Why an update? Nothing has changed.
@Maggie H Exactly and it never will.
@@cubswin6779 It is unfortunate.
It has gotten worse no updates will change that. American politicians are incorrigable Humans.
@Nezumi Speed Only in America, in the slums. Blacks from Africa and the West Indies excel in school and business.
When they build new jails, they need tenants!!!
Especially when those new shiny jails are PRIVATE for PROFIT prisons. This country is insane. Such a shameful situation. Look at videos on here about homeless in LA. It is unbelievable. Bad everywhere, but those videos in LA are horrific.
Somebody needs to teach these people homesteading permaculture and food growing in their own yard as well as composting and food canning. Community gardens are a great way to start
"The problem is the jobs. I can get 100 people ready to work tomorrow, but there aren't the jobs." Yeah - that's why we can't educate or train ourselves out of this problem.
Education is not accessible to all in this country and neither is trade training
Depends on the field, Hollywood Chick. My field (Mental Health) requires a Master's degree just to get started and I'm guess that probably weeds out many people from the jump. It's not a matter of "training" but education and work experience. Even if you have the degree, you need work experience to get the best jobs.
There are plenty of jobs we lack skills.
goduskychris Chris Godusky no company with an opening is going to discriminate against someone with the skill to do the job.
I want to see documentaries that show all poor people around America, not just black people. I think it wld give a full scope of the issue.
I agree. I'm a white girl and I'm homeless
There are documentaries about the white poor also
@@rosannevlahos8009 were are they? If you know the name of one let me know i would like to watch them
Rosanne Vlahos plenty on RUclips
I dont remember names but they were on people in VA I believe
Her children's father is incarcerated and she picked another man who has a criminal history and can't get work because of it? Women please do better! Get an education or learn a trade that pays a living wage before kids. Life is hard enough without doing things that make it even harder!
some women think they NEED a man in their life. They saw their momma and grandma go down that path and don't know any better or , in some cases, don't want to. Sad
When you are Black in a segregated world and where there is systemic racism I suppose you could live like a nun. I'm sure a lot of WS would see that a great system for genocide. The alternative is spreading resources and having a fair unbiased non racist society where taxes are progressive not regressive. Stop blaming the victims
That’s all wonderful what you are saying, but would you want to stay in a bad neighborhood with just you and your children. How should she pay her bills, while she is in school. If you were in her shoes what would really do
How would you save if you only make enough to cover your bills. You seem to think that education equals a job. If that’s right then why is the african american unemployment rate in the double digits and whites unemployment is in the single digit. If you ever lived in the hood which I have, a woman alone is less safe. This country loves to blame poverty on minoritys, but it is more white people on food stamps. I pulled myself out of the hood because of education. I however had great family support my dad was in the home not everyone has family support. I’m so sick of the Same platitudes. They need to work harder, go to college. They leave college owing thousands of college loans.
@@tereshaviverette2730 I would do the best I can - just like these women do. Let's be honest look at the deaths of despair hat are wiping out the white community, black people have suffered since the day they arrived in the USA. Let's stop incarcerating people and invest in communities so that those black men (and lots of poor white men) can live with their families
Until you walk a mile in my shoes please dont judge me or anyone else in this viedo. No I dont live in CA, I live in the midwest Indiana where the jobs arent high paying jobs. Ive worked two jobs, my husband is disabled and without these incomes we would be homeless. Remember there by the grace of God go I.
Sending you blessings sweetie. 🙏
God bless you and your family 🙏🏽
Pamela Worley my job is low paying. I am disabled but cannot collect disability cause the system is hard on most whites but too easy on most blacks.
I work despite my disabilities.
I live almost next door to you.
I should not be supporting Anyone thru taxes but they Steal it from my paycheck.
You have it easy.
I hope that couple is still together
Lejitm3 I hope one of them got a fkin job
I agree with the reporter that a lot of Americans are born in tough situations. You have to be willing to leave the situation to better yourself. I was born in the Appalachian region of Eastern Kentucky, the most economically depressed region in America. I was 15 miles from the nearest town. I worked in hay, tobacco, and other farm/odd jobs for minimum wage till I got enough to move to a nearby town. After moving, I worked at gas stations, a furniture store, and a funeral home to get an automobile. I then moved another 75 miles to a town of about 10,000 and started working in manufacturing. I went to school to be a machinist. I now make over $60,000 a year.
That guy at the end is doing right when he says he has no friends, he works, and come home; It can be dangerous for people in some low income neighborhoods to make friends because a lot of your own neighbors will be against u
I don't understand why if you are poor and barely able to afford your own expenses, you then have child after child making it ever worse. The children didn't ask to be born into this and now they get to suffer. Then the complaints begin and they have even more children. I would give anything to have children, but the ones who can't afford to have them seem to have no challenges making them.
2:00 - I doubt these people are still living in Oakland where the apartment they're living in now goes for about $7,000/mo.
Education is so important, but none of them seem to understand this. Get some kind of trade a mechanic, electrical, plumber or hair dresser.
Education isn't free. Nothing is free. You can't save when all you do is give. Not saying it's not possible because it is. Just gotta put in the hard work.
Joan Berry, I agree skills and education are important but your take on this seems a little simplistic. The educated middle class are the new poor, also the working poor all over the world in "western developed" countries. I think you need to look into the reasons behind the growing inequality in the world. It's too much to write for you and I can't be bothered because you obviously have access to the internet and can source the info yourself.
Sigma Geranimo Go to the THIRD WORLD, Complainer. Go and shut your complaining mouth up.
I make barely over minimum wage and support myself. You can too but you are PATHETIC !
@robert howard not when a full time job PLUS another part time one still is not enough to pay for everything for a single mother and JUST ONE child.
@@danasmith1165 that's the standard we are holding our country to now?
"Better than third world?"
Methinks you're calling the wrong person pathetic.
The fact that you'd call anyone pathetic reveals a lot about not just your character but your level of education. I wouldn't have to guess about that, even if you WOULDN'T have told me you worked a minimum wage job I'd have assumed as much...
Either you are formally and traditionally educated yet lack real word experience AND manners/empathy or you are not only uneducated but you lack basic empathy AND any real world experience outside your seemingly small bubble.
We need to ask the question of why crime, substance abuse, and violence are centered in the poverty ridden areas of our cities while people in the suburbs live amicably with one another. Could it be that poverty, hopelessness, and despair are drivers these negative outcomes.
One can look at family structures to determine some of the social problems that put people in poverty - especially young women having children they can't afford. Too many are reliant on the gov - and know they can rely on them for child support but kids growing up with lack of supervision, role models, etc. have much tougher time with education, work ethic, etc. You can't blame the gov for all your problems - and human nature suggest that people often blame others for their situation. Where is the self determination? The responsibility for your own future- your welfare.
@Remote Expedition You must understand that Substance Abuse and Mental Health co-morbidity go hand in hand. As a Mental health counselor, I have seen close up that often the most indigent of our society have the most problems. This is both a systemic and individual problem. In Texas, we have closed most of our Mental Health Hospitals and many of those who need them are on the street and/or committing crimes and in the penal system. We don't fund Mental health in this country and it is hurting us in the end.
Michael Jackson said it in a song; "if ya can't feed a baby, then don't have a baby"! WOOP! 🕺... We didn't listen, too busy bopping to the beat.
In New York it's legal to have a late term abortions several minutes after it's born alive and then let it DIE! I suppose it's not far off for parents to kill a 2 year old and call it a really late term abortion!
Michael Jackson also cursed Jesus in his songs. Did you hear that as well?
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He did not curse Jesus in his songs. I'm a huge fan I know all his lyrics. I think you might have heard Wrong or someone gave you Wrong information. All Love
It also makes me appreciate what I have. I am originally from Oakland, CA myself. My family moved me to the suburbs in order for me to live a better life. I acknowledge and respect that.
you know things aren't getting reported when Al Jazeera is telling me more about what's happening in my own country than my own countrie's media. Thank you for taking such an even-handed approach. I've got a lot of family in the Bay area and the poverty problem is bad.
This was 10 years ago....but yes, you must become a conscious consumer of news. Read newspaper. Don't just rely on cable channels.
Yes, yes. We Americans must reach out and help each other. I didn't understand until out of the blue I became disabled.
yup, me too - but in Europe, it's the same here.
Every place I go they hire me on the spot
These documentaries break my heart. We are moving to America in a couple months...I hope to help people in our new community and make a difference to those in need
I Have 2 weeks into a 7th grade education and most of the kids I grew up with ended up dead or in prison from drug smuggling. The only job skill I had was to be able to find something to do. The only time I have ever been unemployed it was not just a choice, but an extreme effort to turn down work to be unemployed so I could go sailing in my sailboat. Now I have $400 a week pocket money to spend before the next check comes because I always lived below my means. No matter how little I had, I put some away for a rainy day..
It's SAVE SAVE SAVE all the way, no matter the amount it's the beginning that counts and the end can be GLORIOUSLY SATISFYING.
California is extremely expensive! I believe more so than NY!
No a study came out recently and NY beat Cali but only by around $400 or so, but yeah it is extremely expensive. My home town. Has seen a population boom over the last 10 years it went from about 50k to nearly 175k now. Mostly well off people who got locked out of their cities by even more wealthier people, so they started buying homes where I live. Prior to that you could pick up a house for about 180k and it was a decent home but now "decent" homes run you about 600k to 800k. The long time residents can no longer buy a house because prices skyrocketed. Even rents have skyrocketed I'm fortunate enough to still be able to afford living in a decent area, I'm barely 21 so I am focused on getting a SC license and getting a GC license after that and using that to make more money, it's a tough life atm but I'm trying and luckily things are good for now. It's sad to see this happening all around the country.
I agree!
NOT BAKERSFIELD!! CHEAP!
Isn't it more about the climate......tough being homeless in NY unless your a polar bear or penguin.
my aunt in NY was paying 1,200 for a tiny apartment. In ga you can rent a whole house for 600
I think having children isnt something people should be deprived of, they should be allowed to have children and shouldnt be looked down upon if they do. People get mad over a stigma, but there are people who plan their child, but fall on rough times and struggle supporting their children. These families in this video have two kids, thats nothing to get mad over, they deserve happiness, support, not shame from others. Thats a terrible culture to foster in America, why cant we just be there for those who need the help.
KRLEEQ love your comment, glad there are good people left in a hatefull country
I agree. My parents married at the right time. They only had 2 kids. But suddenly when I was 4, my dad died. It hit us hard financially
Amen amen amen!!! Preach this every day preach 🙌
I understand being super-broke - believe me, I've been there, but most people don't know how to eat decently when poor. Dried beans, lentils, legumes, brown rice, potatoes, onions, and celery all are super inexpensive, they go a long way, and they combine to make yummy and healthy food. Do not purchase canned, frozen, or prepared foods - they are too expensive. Make your food in batches from scrap, freeze the excess for later use. If you are poor, steaks should not even be considered. You can grow herbs in pots in the window or on a small balcony. Shop for veggies at the 99C only store - you can get 5 pounds of potatoes, onions, or sweet potatoes for 99 cents. You have to be nuts to shop at Von's or Albertson's if you're broke.
Why have children that you can't afford to take care of? They will only continue the same cycle as adults, and continue to live in poverty with their own children...
while i agree with your sentiment, i also think having children shouldn't be a privilege only for the rich - if a huge part of the population cannot afford to raise a child something's obviously wrong (with society, with the individual, or a combination thereof).
This is kind of true no matter how much we fail to believe it....... you can't go having kids you can't take care of.
I'm probably live in a rough neighborhood maybe get forced into some crime maybe not even do it would be a part of people who do when you get banged up in the system and that's if your whole life
Why be alone in old age and have strangers take care of you
@Eddie Bacon says a man not yet 70
Um, the job comes BEFORE having kids. In the neighborhood where I grew up, girls were taught to chose non-inmate men to father their children. Poverty will never stop until poor people stop having children they can’t afford and focus on being self sufficient themselves. If you live in a bad neighborhood with no grocery stores, wait until you are in a better situation before you reproduce.
To get a payday loan you need a job. Ummm YEAH !! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@mizzmolly seriously 400% interest... Highway robbery!
@@tanjelareborn2154 wow never in my life have I heard such a thing. That should be illegal
They're like legal loan sharks.
We don’t realize areas like this exist and need help because we are in our own little world. I hope I am able to help a family like this in the near future.
It’s something about a professional look and feel when you’ve been so used to just wearing whatever because you have lost hope and only live a repetitive lifestyle but when you get that opportunity to put on a suit and tie ... that’s a wonderful feeling and it makes you view yourself differently and others respect you a lot more. I’m a woman and I wear suits and ties and button up shirts on interviews and important events and you definitely stick out as classy! I was so happy to see shamanek put on that suit because she went from an angry mad black woman to a professional hard working loving mother figure ... that’s real and I am praying for her that she prospers and gets all she can! There are so many children so upset at their parents but it takes growth and understanding to know what your parents really went through to understand it’s. Not their faults! I saw so much anger in her eyes about her life and I pray that anger turns into love ❤️
Yes, but it's a real shame we are judged by what we wear - it should be who we are and our skills that count!
Teach ur kids no drug's no jail time. no hanging out on the corners, Education first.
Tell them 2 be strong,l am somebody.Praises The Lord!
My mother raised me right but I did wrong on my own..so you can teach your child to stay on the right path but they will do whatever they wanna do anyway..
Her kids seem happy thats very important poor or not.
This made me cry seeing that lady’s empty refrigerator and her kids saying they were hungry
Breaks my heart watching the young struggle..Let's get it right America were better than this
Oakland until I die? Why not go to where there are jobs?
Good job Shamaneak!!! Good or bad, everyone has an excuse for why they are the way they are but it's up to you to change your future and that of your children. I'm so happy to see that you can see that, and are working to change it.
The wardrobe is a brilliant idea. The need for first impressions is thus met by supplying the clothes and also validating the candidate to get by the stressful first interview and screening process. A brilliant idea.
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If they make so little, why isn’t she signing up for food stamps? Why are those kids starving?
Education is the way...In the United States we have Pell Grants, American Opportunity Credit, Etc. Anyone living at the poverty level would be eligible for these programs. Go to your local community college. Their financial aid department will assist you with applying for financial aid. At the community college level, your financial aid will be enough to complete a degree. You can become a Nurse, Respiratory Therapist, X-Ray Technician, Laboratory Technician, Medical Records Technician, etc., at most community colleges. The medical field will offer the most opportunity for employment.
Denise Manier it's difficult to go to school , raise kids, and work at the same time. Your kids come first, so you need a job to feed them, education for some people is money they could use for bills and kids and housing
Yupp. My BS was paid for in full because I was poor. There's mo excuse
@@justinhearst don't have kids until your degree is done
@Kevin Tewey I got federal Pell Grant's and tuition assistance. My mom never worked. Idk how you didnt get anything if you were truly poor
I work 70 hours a week and still can’t make ends meet
Kristen Brady you look fabulous ❤
look for another job that pays more. And when you go shopping: think 3 times: 'do I really need this"?
Either you live above your means, live in an expensive area or just don't have enough education. Probably two of those three, Kristen.
Free, free, free. What are you going to give me for free. I'm a druggie, a felon, a dropout. I breed without a thought because all I care about is "hooking up". Now, feed me, house me, give me clothing, feed and raise my kids. I gotta get my par-tay on.
The education system is more about making money off of students than helping them learn skills that they need to be employable or start a business.
I have a pretty good job and my lady has a income as well. We have one child and we do pretty well. I know that God has blessed us to be in the position we are in but there are things we have done as well to maintain it. We practice financial literacy and we do not live beyond our means. I believe there is a way out of poverty for many of us if they are taught financial wellness. I am teaching my step son to prepare to get a CDL license and a degree. As a black man my job is to be in the home in service to my family providing and protecting. I admit that times can become rough for us in the blinking of an eye but I believe we could help people turn their lives around through PROPER financial discipline.
well said sir.
@Linda Muniz I won't put my whole card out there but yes I agree.
Loving your words, loving your realism.
This breaks my heart 😢 and to think I grew up with one of the families boyfriends I wouldn't never in a million years think that they would be in this situation, we as humans have to do better. Forget about the government helping let's help our community ourselves.
Yetta Harris unfortunately, we are not taught about how to save, invest or build generational wealth. Whenever I have that discussion with Black people, I get met with a lot of anger, resentment, excuses and the blame game.
I even had an argument with my own brother about it because he was telling me to have my son find out about it on his own. When honestly, wealthy white people actually hold their kids hands even as adults and show them the way. I don’t want someone giving my son wrong information or discouraging him from being great.
Instead of discussing it individually, I’m changing up my Facebook page next year.
I need to count my blessings. God has been good to me and my family. A few years ago, I could’ve been in the same situation as this family. I’m so glad I received an education.
I SO appreciate Al Jazeera. I miss you on TV.
Not all of it.. There were some very insightful programs/reports. I did like the way they and only they continually reported on the POVERTY in America. NO OTHER MAIN STREAM Media outlet does that. They want to HIDE US... Pretend everything is alright and that only in distant lands are any people suffering..
The Real Propaganda site was RT NEWS. I like them for a long time and then they revealed their agenda and I did not like it.. There are a few shows left on RT that I'll look at briefly but as far as I'm concerned they should be SHUT DOWN from American Airwaves.. respectfully
Utah has an insanely low unemployment rate. Send them here, we need workers.
If you couldn't feed youreslf why have a child, if you couldn't feed the 1st child, why have a second, I do not feel sorry for them, they did this to themselves..
.deal with it
Breathe Again stop breathing
STFU
Smh!🤦🏽♀️
unfortunately that's not how life works. People been having kids since the beginning of time and will continue to have kids until the end of time regardless of their status in life, that's the way it is. So your comment is so irrelevant nobody cares if you don't feel sorry for them are not.
Well done and go for it.
My Town. God Bless The Town. And Your Town too.
I’m not being culturally bias but, why is this country supporting immigration and illegal migration if American citizens are going through a poverty crisis.
I also, believe we need to stop putting these same politicians in office that doesn’t have our best Intrest. California has some of the highest taxes in the United States yet, the politicians will focus on a migrant population by influencing policies to help them but, will not help the citizens of this country
We need to start having a STEM focus in inner city 🏫. There are American jobs that go unfilled bc the lack of skilled workers.
Interesting videos
Poor people don’t have time for depression but it still happens
Here goes.....people are making comments about people who they have no clue who these people are. We are just one paycheck away from being homeless. I get so tired of racist comments.
💯💯💯🙏🙏 preach.
Amen
Suck it up . Taxpayers are sick of paying for them .
@@marcysere1081 - Are you sick of paying for Farmers' subsidies? Are you sick of paying for corporations' economic development incentives and tax-cuts? Are you sick of paying for the security around tRump's golf outings? It is easier to visual the bad guy as a person; easier to scapegoat.....but poor people are not why you pay taxes you'd rather not pay lady.
=@@marcysere1081 - Hey a++swipe, I can tell you are from very high class stock, right? Probably didn't realize that many many more whites collect welfare in this country than blacks. TRUTH.
IAM close to six figures per year yet I can't afford a wife and kids.
What are these people thinking.
Their codependency is killing them
Try to live in California it's a joke.
@@yahawashi-lives-n-me145 Catch a bus and leave
Beverley Hohn Chang ???🤦♀️🤦♀️
No compassion from the comment section
People choose poverty
@@charlesbickel4295 Depends on the cause of the poverty, I would think.
@@SandfordSmythe unless they’re stupid. Anybody can can earn more than poverty level. Peoples choices lead to being poor in America.
@@charlesbickel4295 you've obviously chosen stupidity.
when I was young we ate bread, milk, cereal, eggs, and rice. Every now and then my sisters and I would grab a jar of our baby brother's food. we had no heating and our house was falling apart so we used a portable heater (the ones you start a fire in) and blankets. My mom hated that heater because we went to school smelling like smoke. But what could she do, it kept us all warm :p
To truly understand this problem you’ve gotta know how things use to be for working families and what now has been taken.
No such thing as middle class, its the division rich or poor. Gentrification more displacements , more highrise but empty
More tents but full .
Correction facilities is a business also arrested. = promotion to pension .
Well you're half right. The primary division between classes has nothing to do with income, but relation to the economy, that is, between those who work and those who own capital.
Also, a lot of people look middle class on the outside, but they have bills in arrears and worry about possibly losing everything. So, just bc you see a cell phone is someone's hand, doesn't mean they are middle class. They live in fear and shuffle bills to get buy. Nothing can go wrong, no catastrophic illness, no auto breakddown or it's over. They'll be on the streets.
Rebel Riot
The Middle Class can afford to have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on 2 slices of bread with a glass of milk.
The Lower class can afford to have peanut butter on a slice of bread with a glass of water.
I'm hoping for the day when I become middle class.
June 13, 2019
Damien Lee i respect you. you are better than the millionaire who dont care for his child
Watching from cape Town south Africa we in the same problem
"Don't have babies if u can't feed them" Michael Jackson
Oh the great mentaly stable philosopher said that
Sara Salinas I never cared for him but that is one thing he said that was smart.
You AREN'T smart !
Cool Cat yes have say a rich man!
in this society and economy is it really fair to choose between starting a family and being "fully financially stable"
@@shakithashumble-pie8294 fair? It's your choice either way there's no "fair" in the real world.
3:32 I'm not trying to be a jerk but if the fridge looks like that why are they overweight? They getting calories somewhere.
She said the food Bank only had beans and rice and they were eating pasta. No veggies in sight.
We need to help each other!
Yes it needs to be addressed through education and family unit.
It's sad to say but if you make poor decisions in life (drop out of high school, have multiple children at a young age, etc.), you have to live with the consequences.
The British government do the same also
Please, don't have kids if you can't afford!!!
I grew up in a single family household. BUT my mother knew the value of education and surrounded herself with like minded people. You cant start after you decided a life of crime was not the way. You can get a second chance of course but you have to not put yourself in the system and come out tainted with that. High school is not going to cut it. You have to have a skill that is transferable and keep that skill marketable. Never get complacent. I look at this poor guy and his girl and I see many people like him that I know. Not realistic and you have to get away from where you are sometimes. You have to know that you are also competing with others who maybe are a little bit more marketable than you. Its a vicious circle and sometimes for some folks unavoidable.
The number is going to increase ten times more thanks to coronavirus recession.
There are a lot of ways to solve all this problems. Take a look around. Agriculture is the second biggest economy in every country. But agriculture in United States is only for the rich farmers because the market is not open for small farmers. Every year the farm bill money goes to the rich farmers and no help available for the small farmers. Transportation is the third largest economy of every nation. But there are no transportation jobs in United States because there are no transportation businesses besides car makers. Transportation is very important to economy. It is one of the reasons why foreigners are loving Asia. Asian Countries has all kinds of transportation. I have 5 discoveries that can make a good business and bring a lot of jobs. But I have no capital and the laws to open a business in United States is very ridiculous.
Obviously you haven't been to the booming local farmer's markets in every city. No transportation jobs? Have you never been on the highway and seen all the trucks? I think you must be very sheltered to come to such wrong conclusions.
America was great back then when I was a kid, I’m living in another country though.
Great for who? Not Native Americans, Mexicans, Chinese, Blacks, etc. Not everyone is European American, protected by law and culture.
If you find yourself at the bottom of the can..The plan is to climb up an over. Climb down. Turn around. Walk away and never look back! Everything is a process. Including the walk to a better life.