Political Perspectives Of Poverty in The United States

In our society, there is a small amount of those who are the poorest, and may be responsible for their own poverty. When the percentage of income that is required for a secure and peaceful living isn't obtained, people who are poor struggle in multiple ways. There are three different viewpoints for how those who are in poverty are responsible for their own financial results. The three points of view are the Conservative point of view, the  Liberal point of view, and the Radical Left point of view.  In the conservative point of view, the individuals who are near to complete poverty are only a small percentage. While conservatives try to state that the method to eliminating poverty by addressing the individual's responsibilities, Liberals have a completely different point of view.


Liberals, however, believe that assisting the poor is a task for every individual. According to the Liberal point of view, there is a social component that applies mostly to poverty than the individual's own decision throughout life. The majority of people who became poor had that result not because of personal choices, but mainly the conduct of society. However, Radicals leaning to the left believe in their own strategy for eliminating poverty. The Radical Left do accept and condone the Liberal viewpoint that the conduct of society is the result of poverty. However, what makes the Radical Left view the results of poverty differently from Liberals is that they state that the Capitalistic conduct of society is synchronized with the emergence of poverty.


For the conclusion of my essay, The Political alignments of both the Left and Right shows the views of all three political strategies, including the Radical Left.


*I stated in one of my previous essays that these essays are based upon the text-book, "Social Problems", which was published in 2006. However, I examined the text-book again, and it was updated for 2008.