When you are ready to begin college and are looking into various degree programs, it is important that you find one that will work well for you and what you plan on doing with your future. If you want many options and a degree that is very broad, take time to look into what you can do with an art degree. However, since the career options with this degree are so broad, you may want to figure out what you want to do and then decide if the arts degree will fit into your idea of a job.
To the extent discussions of poverty are jammed into a response itâs part of a much broader answer about the economic problems America is facing. According to the 2014 census, 14.5% of Americans, or over 45 million people, live in poverty, up from 11.3% in 2000; a rate not seen since the early '90s. Despite some economic progress since the recession of 2008-'09, the poverty rate remains stubbornly immovable.
Most Americans will spend at least one year below the poverty line at some point between ages 25 and 75. Poverty rates are persistently higher in rural and inner city parts of the country as compared to suburban areas. In 2009, 13.2% (39.8 million) Americans lived in poverty. Starting in the 1930s, relative poverty rates have consistently exceeded those of other wealthy nations. California has a poverty rate of 23.8%, the highest of any state in the country. This is updated from the November 2012 estimate of 23.6. In 2009 the number of people who were in poverty was approaching 1960s levels that led to the national War on Poverty.