Religious

Question 1

o How does poverty inhibit the poor from experiencing liberty in the United States?

Answer 1

 The quality or state of being free

• the power to do as one pleases
• freedom from physical restraint
• freedom from despotic control > dictator
• The positive enjoyment of rights and privileges
• the power of choice

 The poor lack all of these through their inabilities to afford the basic necessities of life to function

Poor> not owning a car> not having the BASIC necessity to SUCEED

Question 2

 What argument is made that the poor are deserving of their fate

Answer 2

-YES if source causes is tied to bad behavior and negative choice

Question 3

 What argument is made that the poor are not deserving of their fate

Answer 3

-NO if source cause is tied to unavoidable or structural forces behind ones control

Question 4

 What were the breakdowns of the poverty population for the year 2013 (<18, >65, Disabled)?

Answer 4

35% of the poor are UNDER 18 years old
9% of the poor populations are over the age of 65
28.7% of the poor between the ages of 18 to 64 are disabled

72%

These numbers suggest that the poor ARE NOT that way because of some negative action on their part

Question 5

 How is equality of opportunity undermined by poverty?

Answer 5

Equality of opportunity not of outcomes
 Everyone has a right to an education and means to a livelihood
 Is that educational opportunity of equal quality?
 School funding & property taxes
 Lack of proper teaching resources and experienced
teachers
 Poor child does not have access to in-home learning resources
or expectations for higher education
 Lesser education limits your future employment opportunities

Question 6

 How does poverty status undermine the democratic process?

Answer 6

Government of the people and by the people for the people
 This presumes equal access for participation by all
 If a group is underrepresented in the democratic process then there is a structural
flaw in that democracy
 Poor have a harder time participating through their vote due to the way we
schedule voting
 The ability of run for office in cost prohibitive
 Money buys access in the form of a lobby voice that exerts influence
 The poor’s income status denies them participation