Living in Poverty

In the United States(U.S) poverty rates have climbed to the highest level since the 1960s. The U.S. was abruptly hit with a recession, leaving one in seven Americans without jobs, money or health care. African American and senior citizens suffered the most from the recession. Although congress passed a health care bill addressing the increasing number of uninsured people, changes will not happen until 2014. An article titled "1 in 7 Americans now living in poverty" explains in detail Americans struggle with poverty. The article was written by the staff of Black Voice News(blackvoicenews.com). This article caught my attention because it tells the severity of the recession.
I agree with the author of this article because poverty has become a problem in the United States. In this article it states that most of the people lose their health insurance because most businesses can not afford to provide their employees with the insurance. Also in my opinion many Americans are unemployed because of the high demand for work. In other words to many people and not enough work.
I learned from this article that homelessness among children is growing very quickly in the United States. I encourage that everyone read this article because it will give you a since of whats going on in the world around.