Sunday, February 14, 2016

The american way of poverty pgs 1-97

Tateyanna Fisher
2-14-16
Disadvantage Families

What is the central idea or premise of the book thus far?
 The central idea of the book is to inform readers on the constructed government we are being ran by. The book gives the back ground information for all of today's actions. Americans have come far but we have a very long way to go. poverty is installed in almost everyone who were not born with "a silver spoon" in their mouth.

 Have any specific passages from the book have struck you so far?  If so, which ones
There was a sentence that stuck out to me, "for what is caused by human choices can, mostly,  be solved by human choices." This stuck out to me because the author is basically saying, we got our selves in this mess, we can get our selves out. It offers hope and blame. I said hope because there is something that can be done to help decrease the poverty issues here in the United States. I also say blame because it owned up to the possibility that we caused our own problems looking for ways to solve other ones.

On page 51, Abramsky wrote “There is, after all, a reason Swedes…tolerate far higher taxes than Americans do.”  What does Abramsky mean by this?
This Quote to me means that as the following sentences stated, "Rather, it's because they actually get their money's worth from their taxes," I agree with this statement. Most people in America are living pay check to pay check as is, so is there was a way to make sure the money is going to a proper usage, things may run a little bit better. They are receiving quality for their money, from there services and products. if we had a better system controlling and looking after the money we would not have families going to bed hungry or not having a home to go to.

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