Katelyn Blog post#1

Abramsky's The American Way Of Poverty, I believe is very eye opening. Poverty is everywhere! As I was reading my heart sank just knowing the way that some of these people, Abramsky interviewed were living. This has been a rowing epidemic. This book is touching on the subject that everyone needs to know about and why it is such a huge problem in the United States. There are many forms of poverty. For example,  while reading this book I found out that living paycheck to paycheck is a major form of poverty. Not being able to afford meals for your children,  not having enough money to pay for rent and bills, etc. I am so glad that there are assistance programs that can help out with the daily necessities that are needed.

3.    Does the information covered in the book conflict with what you have already learned about or thought about the issue?

I do not believe that the information that is provided in this book conflicts with what we have already learned about poverty.  Unemployment was a huge topic in the first chapter, I was not aware of the percentage of people who are unemployed. What really suprised me when I was reading the 1st chapter was that some hiring signs that are put up in advertsing jobs that say" Unemployed need not to apply." My thoughts on this particular idea is that people who are unemployed would be hard workers and want to do their part. Why would you treat someone like that and not even give them a chance.

4.  How does the book help you understand the subject? This book goes into more detail about who, where and what is affected by poverty. Like we have said, poverty is everywhere in this world! This book mainly talks about how poverty affects the United States.

 6. Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not? 

When we finish reading the book, I am pretty sure I will be recommending this book to everyone I know! This topic is world wide and will help people understand more about what poverty really is. I have overheard someone talking badly about individuals who use WIC or other assistance programs and they just do not understand why they exist and think that many people who use the recources are doing so to take advantage of things. For example, buying a big TV and not having food to feed your family.