The poverty level in the United States is slowly decreasing. It seems that the lack of motivation and morals have greatly contributed to the destruction of our society. A family doesn't feel pressured to pursue a job if every month the state provides them money. They live a comfortable life and don't feel the ambition to move up in society. Because people require some kind of incentive to get out of poverty, one of the primary causes of poverty is the fact that the government has destroyed work incentive through the welfare state.
Poverty is a classic American problem that many American citizens encounter everyday.
The American government for many years has been trying to find a remedy for poverty. After wasting millions upon millions of dollars on research and studies, the problem is clear. Discrimination, nor single parent families are the problem. The problem is education. Because education is needed to get a job, a lack of education in the lower class is the cause of poverty.