Poverty in the United States

"Poverty in America: Why Can't We End It?"

This article begins with a quote from Ronald Reagan "We fought a War on Poverty and Poverty Won".  The United States a wealthy country that does not suffer from the infrastructural lackings of many countries in the global south still reproduces a society with poverty. I have often heard the bafflement from the poor in other countries as they consider the possibility of there being poverty in a country that is supposed to be the land of opportunity. Although this article does not provide for an answer to why there are poor amongst our midst it does stop the romanticization of poverty as something far away. Additionally it stops the misconception that through development all poverty will alleviated.