Poverty and the Children of AmericaThe United States it is one of the largest an

Poverty and the Children of AmericaThe United States it is one of the largest and wealthiestnations in the world. There are over 307 million people with theaverage annual income of $50000 (CIA 2010) yet despite the gloryof this industrious nation there is a growing epidemic- risingpoverty levels and the effects of it on our children. Poverty is byno means just affecting the United States; it is more of apandemic. However the United States needs to increase theirefforts to ward off poverty among their citizens and focus on thechildren.