Derek Fengler Discrimination, Gender, and the Economy 4-9-01 Do Governments and Charities cause Poverty? Not being able to have the three necessities of life; food, clothing, and shelter. That is what many would consider to be poverty. What causes poverty to affect 11 million people nationwide? What is it, that makes poverty so hard for families to recover from? Theresa Funiciello and others believe, Governments and Charities are the reason. Daniel Patrick Moynihan noted “the …showed first 75 words of 634 total…

…showed last 75 words of 634 total…could fix it the right way. Increase the money spent on education, and we can keep spending the amount we do currently on welfare, and spend it the way is was meant, to help people through tough times in there life. Poverty is a vicious cycle. In order for the growth in the amount of people on welfare to be curbed, education, not spending more on welfare needs, to become a priority in our country.