Poverty rise in US unsurprising given income disparity: Analyst
The rising trend of poverty in the US is not surprising given the unprecedented income disparity in the country, says Dean Henderson, an American author and economic expert.
A new study focusing on the relationship between poverty and IQ has shown that Americans are more susceptible to poverty than the population of other Western countries.
The research, done by Texan and Scottish scientists, aimed at “exploring the interaction between genes and childhood social factors” by studying almost 25,000 sets of twins and siblings from the US, Australia, England, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.
“Poverty seems to have the biggest impact in the US,” said the study results released recently following the combination of 14 separate studies on the issue.
“The disparity of income in this country is unprecedented in any other country in the world,” Henderson told Press TV on Thursday.
He said the Americans are being fed with a “grand illusion” that they are all rich and have everything they want, while in reality everything is being controlled by the wealthy minority.
“Yes, we have a very wealthy country, what appears to be a very wealthy country, materially and for the corporations,” he added.
According to a new report by the US Conference of Mayors earlier this week, hunger and homelessness are on the rise in major cities across the US, largely due to low wages and a lack of affordable housing.
In the 22 cities included in the report, homelessness increased by 1.6 percent over the past year.
The survey also found that the amount of emergency food assistance distributed by those cities increased by three percent.
Mayors from the surveyed cities identified low wages and a lack of affordable housing as major factors contributing to hunger and homelessness.
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