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Poverty and Welfare Systems SS 2011

Poverty and Welfare Systems SS 2011. A global perspective of poverty The cycle of poverty The American policy - or lack of one - to combat poverty (" Punishing the Poor") ( Racial ) groups and poverty The working poor Debate topic : Guaranteed Income. Some of your views.

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Poverty and Welfare Systems SS 2011

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  1. PovertyandWelfare SystemsSS 2011 • A global perspectiveofpoverty • The cycleofpoverty • The American policy -or lack ofone- tocombatpoverty("Punishingthe Poor") • (Racial) groupsandpoverty • The workingpoor • Debatetopic: Guaranteed Income

  2. Some of your views "Getting a job will raise a person out ofpoverty." Agree: 55%Disagree: 28% "If a healthy adult personispoor, itisprobablyhis/her own fault." Agree: 14%Disagree: 66% "Thereisnotruepoverty in Austria." Agree: 3%Disagree: 90%

  3. Some of your views "Most blackpeople in the US arepoor." Agree: 28%Disagree: 45% "Racismis not a problem in Austria." Agree: 3%Disagree: 90% "Austria is a multiculturalsociety." Agree: 28%Disagree: 66%

  4. If our world were a village of 1000 people, what would its ethnic and religious composition be? Source: http:/www.worldvillage.org

  5. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . . Asian? European? African? South American? North American? Other?

  6. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . . Asian? European? African? South American? North American? Other? 610 120 (50+ Russians) 130 80 (50) 50 (80) 10

  7. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . . Christians? Atheists (or non-religious)? Moslems? Hindus? Buddhists? Jews? Other (e.g. Animists)?

  8. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people would be . . . Christians?? Atheists (or non-religious)? Moslems? Hindus? Buddhists? Jews? Other (e.g. Animists)? 330 160 180 140 60 3 127

  9. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people . . . would control 3/4 of the total income? would be hungry? would live in sub-standard housing? would have access to clean water? would be college educated? adults would be illiterate (coudn’t read)?

  10. The Global Village How many of the 1000 people . . . would control 3/4 of the total income? would be hungry? would live in sub-standard housing? would have access to clean water? would be college educated? adults would be illiterate (coudn’t read)? < 100 500 800 330 < 10 335

  11. The Global Village /Miniature Earth How many of the 1000 people . . . would have a secondary education? would have a computer? would have an internet connection? would have a bank account? would live on less than $1 a day? would live on less than $2 a day? 70 120 30 300 180 530

  12. The Miniature Earth (Update- 2010) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6eTr4ldDYg&feature=related Relevant Links: "The BBs ofWealth" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwftZ8SK64) "Who OwnsAmerica‘sWealth " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDx8G8Z-PFM&feature=related The Global Rich List http://www.globalrichlist.com/

  13. Source: http://www.wider.unu.edu/events/past-events/2006-events/en_GB/05-12-2006/_files/78079217418699128/default/wider-wdhw-press-release-5-12-2006.pdf

  14. Some of your views "The richaregettingricherandthepooraregettingpoorer." Agree: 90%Disagree: 7% "Openinguptheirmarkets will helpdeveloping countries." Agree: 55%Disagree: 31% "Globalizationis a naturaldevelopmentthatcan'tbestopped." Agree: 48%Disagree: 38% "A flexible workforceis a goodthing." Agree: 66% Disagree: 17%

  15. proximity to crime The Cycle of Poverty financial distress breakdown of family lack of job skills poor housing poor education

  16. Punishingthe Poor Source: Bureau of Justice

  17. The Kerner Report The Kerner commission was formed by President Johnson after race riots in 1967. Business, political and civil rights leaders were asked to investigate the nation’s ethnic tensions. Their report was the nation’s first comprehensive look at race issues in the U.S. and it was the federal government’s first official document that said racism existed and was a problem.

  18. The Kerner Report • The Kerner report predicted that the economic and racial divide would grow: • “White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto . . . White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.”

  19. Poverty and (Racial) Groupings 2008 Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey

  20. Poverty and (Racial) Groupings 2008 Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey Top and Bottom 3

  21. Poverty and (Racial) Groupings 2008 Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey Gender and Family Status

  22. Poverty and (Racial) Groupings 2008 Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey Race and Origin

  23. Poverty and (Racial) Groupings 2008 Statistics Source: US Census Bureau and the American Community Survey

  24. 2009 Update Source: US CensusBureauandthe American Community Survey

  25. Now compare the Poverty rates for . . . • A married black man • A white single mother of young children • An American of Austrian descent (married)

  26. (1.6 %) • Now compare the Poverty rates for . . . • A married black man • A white single mother of young children • An American of Austrian descent (married)

  27. Reagan/Bush 1

  28. Clinton Reagan/Bush 1 Bush 2

  29. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997) • Americans who said they approved of interracial marriage: • Whites: 70% • Blacks: 80% • Hispanics: 77% • (1958: whites - 4%)

  30. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997) • Americans who said they would vote for a black president: • Whites: 91% • Blacks: 93% • Hispanics: -- (these results are from the 1997 survey when Hispanics were not asked separately) • (1958: blacks – 76%, whites - 35%)

  31. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997) • Americans who said they had close personal friends of other races: • Whites: 82% • Blacks: 88% • Hispanics: 80%

  32. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997) • Americans who said they prefer to work alongside a racially mixed group: • Whites: 82% • Blacks: 88% • Hispanics: --

  33. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997) • Americans who said they prefer to live in a racially mixed neighborhood: • Whites: 57% • Blacks: 78% • Hispanics: 61%

  34. Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997) • Americans who said the civil rights movement was "extremely" or "very" important for the United States: • Whites: 79% • Blacks: 92% • Hispanics: 77%

  35. 1997 Levels of Satisfaction (% Satisfied)

  36. Gallup Poll Findings “The trend data suggest that the gaps in satisfaction between whites and blacks on many of these measures have been narrowing significantly over time, and this marks one of the more significant findings of the study. “ (The gap is narrowing because black satisfaction levels have increased over the past years and white satisfaction levels have stayed about the same.)

  37. “The Millennium Breach” • This report was released by a private urban-policy group, the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Kerner report. It basically states that the Kerner predictions have come true. • “While leaders and pundits talk of full employment, inner city unemployment is at crisis levels. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and minorities are suffering disproportionately.”

  38. “The Millennium Breach” • Some statistics from the report: • The national unemployment rate is below 5%, but the rates for young African American men in places like south-central Los Angeles have topped 30% • The national incarceration rate of black men is four times higher than the same rate in South Africa under apartheid • The child poverty rate is four times the average of western European countries

  39. Measures that work Head Start after-school youth centers urban school reform job training inner city economic development Measures that don’t enterprise zones prison construction boot camps supply-side economics tax breaks for the rich trickle-down theories “The Millennium Breach”

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