USA economic inequalities

• what are 2 examples of economic inequalities in the USA


  rates of poverty and rates of unemployment
• what does it mean rates of poverty?

  Poverty is when a citizen does not have enough money to buy basic needs such as food, home, heating, health access. The rate of poverty in USA is quite different between ethnic groups.
• an example of rates of poverty?

  Black Americans poverty rate is 17% whilst White Americans is 9%
• what does it mean rates of unemployment

  unemployment means people who are able to work but lack in finding a job, could be due to bad education or bad economy (black Americans are more likely to be unemployed than whites)
• example of rates of unemployment

  in 2023, Black Americans unemployment rate was 6$ whilst white Americans were 3%
• 2 examples why the government is effective at tackling economic inequalities?

  • the SNAP helps keep children in school
  • the IRA helps create jobs and reduces costs
• what does it mean "SNAP helped keeps children in school"

  SNAP provides essential food too low income families which helps children be healthier so they can get an education to help escape poverty in later life.
• what does SNAP stand for

  supplemental nutrition programme
• example for snap keeps children In school

  research shows that children on SNAP have 22% fewer school days lost due to illness than poor children not on SNAP.
• what does it mean the IRA helps create jobs and reduces costs?

  The IRA has been linked to creating new green jobs important for tackling unemployment and reducing the cost of healthcare helping tackle poverty.
• what does IRA stand for

  Inflation Reduction Act
• example of the Ira creating jobs/ reducing costs

  the White House claims that' 170,000 jobs have been created and 15million Americans are saving $800 yearly on health insurance