17 Aug Each reply must be at least 250 words, and each reply must
Each reply must be at least 250 words, and each reply must cite at least 1 source in current APA format. Acceptable sources include the textbook and scholarly articles. Please add scripture where appropriate.
Reply # 1
Glenn Snyder DB 2 poverty
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Biological poverty is a term I had not been exposed to before. This is the lack of physical needs such as food and shelter. This form of poverty is the most imminently dangerous. (Henslin, 2017, p. 184)
Relative poverty simply the contrasting levels of income that can be experienced by those who interact on some level.(Henslin, 2017, p. 184) This can include people experiencing biological poverty, but it can also be the difference between two co-workers when one can afford a brand new car and the other struggles with an older vehicle that needs frequent repair.
Official poverty sounds like an immutable defined term. It refers to the line at which the government identifies poverty as a real thing. (Henslin, 2017, p. 184) Depending on the political ideology of the government this line can change drastically. An example of official poverty is a single mom who puts her children in day-care so she can work but is unable to earn enough to make it above the line that the government has set. She receives financial assistance through food stamps and a credit to help the cost of her childcare cost.
The poverty line as an institution of the government is a glaring problem. I can see the benefit of defining a line which people might feel motivated to move up from. I can also see the benefit of identifying who should be receiving financial assistance through social programs. I don’t think there is a problem with having a poverty line, but I can see the danger in that line being so arbitrary.
I don’t like that our government in this country is asked to do so much more than govern. I wish that the church and neighbors could be the social help that everyone needs to get by and be ok. I do however see how the church cannot do enough, and neighbors cannot anymore be enough for the social problems in America. I worry that because morality in our country is so subjective and baseless that we won’t be able toagree on a way to help those in poverty. “For it is only through gaining a greater understanding and awareness of the philosophical and religious roots and influences of US social welfare policy that the level of political and social discourse among social workers and policy experts will be elevated, creating a more conducive environment for the critical analysis and direct confrontation of damaging ideological perspectives of the causes of poverty and effective poor care.” (Martin, 2010, p. 62) I don’t believe we can legislate morality into people’s hearts but I do believe that a Christ redeemed Holy Spirit lead morality would be for the best. Christ reminds us many times that we are to live as though the reward from our Father in heaven is the only one we want. “But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” (Luke 14:13-14, NIV) As I grow older I also realize the real failure of treating everything with a federal solution instead of a local government solution. With so much variance based on geography and population, it is not a surprise that federal assistance programs are so inefficient.
References
Henslin, J. M. (2017). Social Problems: A Down-to-Earth Approach (12th ed.).
Retrieved from https://libertyonline.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780134521466/
Martin, M. E. (2010). Philosophical and religious influences on social welfare policy in the United States: The ongoing effect of Reformed theology and social Darwinism on attitudes toward the poor and social welfare policy and practice. Journal of Social Work, 12(1), 51-64. doi:10.1177/1468017310380088
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