Personal Perspectives

• Who you think is poor, both in the United States and globally.  My definition of who I thought was poor would be completely irrelevant because I honestly don't know. Is the poor the homeless people of downtown atlanta? Or the families living in slums in third world countries? I think to know and define poor, you'd have to be poor. I believe a less "shallow" definition of poor is just a person or a family that struggles to support themselves. I think a poor person doesn't have extra money to buy just whatever they want, their income goes strictly to necessities (i.e. bills, food, rent.)
• Why you believe people are poor in the United States & globally? People are poor for several different reasons. Every poor person has their own reason or maybe not, who knows. Some people are born into poverty and others are in good economic standing but somehow put themselves into poverty. I believe that people are poor because they have no hope and other people have no hope for them. I believe being poor has a lot to do with lack of motivation; poor people are not motivated and have nobody to motivate them. Am I saying that other people should be responsible for the poor and their motivation? Absolutely not. Could poverty lessen if there were people out there just giving them that push or extra bit of hope? Maybe, just maybe. 
• What you think is being done about poverty? I mean we do have the Welfare Program here and I've heard of several organizations that donate money globally however I don't think that helps the root cause, it just alleviates some of the suffering. So with that being said, not much is being done about poverty at all. It's overlooked and is just not that important to the government or even people. It's sad to think about it, actually, because people who are in poverty are human beings. They are people just like me and you and your best friend or your mom.
• How well you think poverty is addressed currently in the United States and globablly. I honestly think that a lot of people have stopped caring about poverty, so it's never really addressed as it should be. There are "bigger issues at hand", the government would say; a.k.a. they don't care about it. Also considering that the countries that recieve aid, in most cases, have a corrupt government system that pocket what is being contributed and severely limits who can do what, where. It's not often really
• What you personally think should be done about poverty in United States and globally. I think that entire global community would have to change. Seriously, it'd take a lot. It'd take hearts to create this movement to care about other people who are less fortunate than them. Maybe more PSA's could be broadcasted about poverty or community fundraisers or something. Personally, I don't know what should be done; but I do know that it'd take a lot.