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Poverty is one of the biggest problems affecting our world today. According to the article, "Poverty in the World," more than 1.2 billion people—one in every five on Earth—survive on less than $1 a day. Even the wealthy are beginning to find themselves becoming less successful. Our world, and especially our economy is suffering from this. There are many causes of the issue. Starting with lack of responsibility. Majority of the people suffering from poverty are out on the streets due to poor decisions they made in their past. Drugs, crime, and violence are major reasons why someone would end up in poverty. However, the smaller percentage of homeless people are mentally disabled. Often times a family realizes that their son or daughter will have to be taken care of the rest of their life, so they drop them. Leaving the person out on the street with nothing. Next is bad governmet policy. Our government does not put very much effert into helping those in need. In the same article, "Poverty in the World," it states that one child dies every three to five seconds. My question is, why wouldn't governments reach out to these people? Instead of argueing over money, why not give it to those in need instead of being selfish. That's what I think our world is. Selfish. People are too busy worrying about themselves, when they could be helping those who rarely get one meal a day. The poorest people in the world will also have less access to health and education. Also, problems of malnutrition and disease affect the poorest in society. These people, who try everyday to have their voices be heard, will never have the chance to be heard in the public. This makes it even harder for them to escape poverty. Finally, wealthy businesses are not reaching out to the poor. So many companies could donate money, but they choose not to because of the economy. This to me is just selfish. Poverty is everywhere and it needs to be reduced so that our economy will be more stabilized and balanced.