These include the people in poverty themselves and the society they live in. The first source of poverty my group discussed was the poor people themselves. According to the textbook many poor people are known to be lazy, unmotivated, have no or little ambition, and lack skill and talent. Because of these personality traits many people feel that poor people deserve low paying jobs. Another reason our group felt that the poor are to blame for their poverty is the fact that some lack responsibility.
Many poor couples start a family without thinking of the expenses that go along with children.
They continue to have children and rely on welfare as a main form of support. The people in my group agreed that if we couldn't support children we wouldn't have them. Today there are ways to control this and stop pregnancy from occurring. The second source of poverty we discussed was the society the poor people live in. This video explained that high paying industrial jobs are moving to other countries where it is legal to pay workers lower wages.