Poverty is not a personal choice, but a reflection of society
As a really poor immigrant to the US who succeeded financially, I can tell you with absolute certainty, poverty in the US (barring mental illness cases or health issues) is the result of poor choices. Most of it stems from society&#x27;s lack of planning for the future of the young people. Young people are consistently being told lies like &quot;you can be anything you want&quot;, forgetting to tell them that most of the fun choices lead to very low pay in the future. Young people regularly send $50-250k on financially useless degrees. They like, say, art, so they spend 4 years studying something they could learn in a library or on YouTube, only to find out that the market for painters is crowded and tiny.<p>We need much better guidance for the young.