Perceptions on Poverty

5 Perceptions about poverty and the poor in the United States

I’ve talked with several people about how they see poverty and/or the poor in America and Rochester. One of my close girlfriends replied with “Don’t get me started on that” when I asked her the question. Then she went further in detail saying poverty is a big problem because the minimum wage is still low and people can’t live off that. She sees a lot of homelessness, SSI, and EBT cards. She goes on talking about how people in that financial state are not to blame for their money insecurity and says “the economy sucks and the…