Regarding to the quotes

            Poverty isn’t something that politicians would talk about lightly because of the fact that millions of people are in poverty, not only that America is one of the leading countries that has fallen into “Poverty”. Does this mean that America is doomed to fall below other countries? There has been so many ways Americans or even politicians in general has been trying to get out of poverty through social safety nets, but that wouldn't change anything, but how much money we receive from the government. In this quote from Smiley and West they talk about 150 million persistently poor and near poor people in America who had nothing to do to impact the great recession. I believe that it is sad how we as in America have such a high relative poverty % according to Economic Policy Institute in 2012, but that doesn't change the fact that its STILL and ever growing issue in America reaching back to the depression days. I agree with the quote saying that Americans crawl back to the government for help when something goes down regarding to money by making use of the social safety net, but the fact that we are so reliant on the government giving us money and giving us a way to find “salvation” by saying that the 1% is more important, I believe that we should find a way and change that point of view by being more involved in politics and show the government are the people in this very country.