Poverty

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in poverty, one of which is called Welfare. Welfare was created to assist people who had little to no income in the 1930’s, although the goal is to keep people afloat financially, many Americans became very unhappy as people began abusing welfare and making the qualifications work in their favor. People who qualify for welfare receive benefits such as federal food stamps, TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), Medicaid, and a supplemental security income. These benefits are mostly presented to single parents (mostly women) with children. These impoverished people have no prestige, lack standard amounts of wealth, and rely on federal and state programs to make it by. Which differs enormously from the capitalist class which excels in all three, and has no need to search for government help.
Wealth I believe is something you must work for, never is the playing ground ever even. If we made it so we all had an equal start there would be no motivation or drive to get better, ...

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