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Poverty is one of the most major problems in the United States today. Poverty is defined as the state of one who lacks a socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. The poverty rate in the year 2001 was around 15%-20%. In the year 2000 there were approximately 281 million people in the United States. This means that there are approximately 56.2 million people in the United States living in poverty. This statistic should make any middle class American sick to his stomach. There are many causes and effects of poverty. In fact, many of the effects add to the causes. There are also many solutions, or at least theoretical solutions that one might have to decrease poverty in the United States. One cause of poverty is the ever-present problem of unemployment. The unemployment rate in the US has been around 6% lately. This is a terrible fact. This means that about eight million people are unemployed i