Poverty is very destructive to human beings! It effects quality of life, lifestyle, life chances, lifespan

Poverty is very destructive to human beings!  It effects quality of life, lifestyle, life chances, lifespan.  It may be described as the ultimate weapon of mass destruction!   This is the 21st century and America is very wealthy!  California alone has the 4th largest budget in the world!  However,  for many decades millions of people in this country  have lived without being able to regularly meet basic needs…food, clothing, water, housing, and healthcare.  What is the moral, social and economic costs of poverty and inequality?  What can be done to break the cycle of poverty/generational poverty?  What can the U.S. do better to uplift people who are living on the margins of society?  Can poverty be eliminated or diminished?  What theoretical analysis might explain the persistance of social inequality?  Enhance your response with information from the module, documents, videos, websites, diagrams or pictures to support your analysis/position.   This is a graded discussion.