“Poverty is the mother of revolution and crime”, Aristotle. The unfinished ceiling of the Economic and Social Council Chamber is generally seen as a symbolic reminder that the economic and social work of the UN is never finished; there will always be something more to do to improve the living conditions of the world's populations. Poverty in America never decreases, it gradually increases over the years. According to the New York Times, approximately 55.0% of Philadelphia residents in 2014 lived in poverty. This subject has always been mentioned in articles, reports and editorials. The cause of poverty consists of: job loss, living paycheck to paycheck, dead end jobs, credit/college debt, lack of ambition, and most importantly, poverty. lack of government assistance. Many people may have jobs, but those jobs aren't enough to put food on the table, leaving children going to bed hungry. Everyone wants to be successful, but can never always reach that level in life, leaving them with nothing. Poverty still exists today because the government and citizens are not working to solve the problem. However, you cannot have a single party working on the problem, hoping that it will be solved, we must work as a group and come together to solve the nation's problems little by little, step by step. So it's important for everyone in America to come together and understand the shortcomings of what's going on, but it happens to all of us someday. Furthermore, no one should want to perish in the depths of society. New York State claims to measure poverty through a measure of family resources and poverty thresholds. Family resources living at or above the poverty line, family resources adequate to meet the basic economic needs of families...... middle of paper ...... The Bureau showed last week that Coweta fares better than other parts of the state. When it comes to poverty, according to Minnie Robinson, more and more people are moving from the middle class into the poverty category. Coweta County happens to be a place that is doing a great job despite the economic storm, with two new hospitals under construction and a number of retail areas, including Fischer Crossings, opening recently. Six hundred and fifty-three initial unemployment claims were filed in August, down 6.7 percent from the 700 filed in July and down 11 percent from the 732 claims filed in August 2010. Over the past 12 In recent months, metro Atlanta has lost 5,500 construction jobs, 11,700 in finance and 14,500 in government, according to the Associated Press. These job losses reflect the housing and real estate crisis, as well as state and local government budget cuts..