What is poverty in America ? The government spends unnecessary money on duplicate programs for school, health departments, and so many other program categories. They also spend more than what they are supposed to be paying on unnecessary things. Instead of spending money on programs they have no clue about, they should spend it on the obvious issue, poverty. Poverty has been occurring everywhere in the world that it has been normalized. The public even came up with an idea of giving food instead of a ton of money to prevent them from going down the wrong path. As anyone else is capable of, especially when they are in a low place. There are many places such as cities, bridges, and roads which include a little space where many poor people suffering from poverty have a living. They don’t have a safe, warm place to live not healthy food. Kenny includes, “Slums don’t make people poor–they attract poor people who want to be rich. So let’s help them help themselves” (Kenny). This quote excellently matched the example I gave off the common locations where poor people make a living out of. All they do in their life is for their basic survival. The corporate of Brunswick state “In addition to a lack of money, poverty is about not being able to participate in recreational activities; not being able to send children on a day trip with their schoolmates or to a birthday party; not being able to pay for medications for an illness” (Brunswick). This would be a great example of what poverty actually looks like. Many communities live through poverty and everyone normalizes this situation rather than showing awareness towards it and helping others out.