So while many of the once industrial workers might find themselves in full time jobs, they receive wages near the minimum wage. This amount alone makes raising a sizable family difficult, but is sometimes the only route many of the unskilled and uneducated poor can go. With global economies competing many of the country s unskilled labor, jobs are moving overseas or down south. Draining once huddled industrial cities of medium paying jobs. When job markets are slow many families who were once on the fringe of a working class and lower class living style find themselves well below the poverty line.
Welfare programs attempt to provide subsistent incomes but usually fall short.
This is a factor that can only be eliminated by creating more jobs or providing secondary education in other fields. Sometimes people find themselves going from below the poverty line to a more comfortable lifestyle. But usually factors work against someone who is born into poverty. Factors discussed included birth, race, gender, and de-industrialization. All remain out of the hands of the individual they affect.