There will always be a section in every form of news about the rise and fall of poverty in America. Whether it is just a brief mention, or a whole segment dedicated to the topic, without fail poverty will be mentioned. The cable networks choose to visually show the effects of poverty on a neighborhood or on an individual through interviews on camera, while print news chooses a less visual route; these outlets describe poverty through experiences, statistics, and current news. Because poverty is such a pronounced issue in todays society, the following questions must be addressed: What is poverty? Should it be a pressing modern concern? What can the U.S. do to better address this issue? Before this issue of poverty in America can be explored, it must be defined. The most basic definition of poverty describes a person who is only able to attain property or moneys that would socially and economically be considered less than sufficient. Most denotative definitions of issues such as this one tend to be very transparent and do not give the observer a clear understanding of said issue; however, this basic definition is a very well rounded and broad overview. Poverty really is the inability of a family or person to support financially those whom they are obligated to support. There are many sides and opinions taken and made on the issue of poverty, especially in modern-day America. These arguments range from those who believe that poverty is a dire issue in need of immediate and extreme action, to those who believe that poverty is a fleeting issue or is simply not an issue all together. Though these separate sides of this argument appear very different, they often simply have varied interpretations of the same fact, spinning that specific fact in favor of their views and opinions that tie into their sides of the argument. This difference in viewpoint of facts is made possible due to the various possible interpretations of economic and social events and standings. The different sides of the argument on the issue of poverty all present their points in very defended manners. In modern America, many experts do believe that poverty is on the rise and does not show signs of abating. This steady rise and continuance of the high poverty rate is believed by many to mostly be due to the economic recession that took place in the United States in 2008 (Eckholm). Unemployment is no longer due to a lack of education. Recent studies show that college graduates with a bachelor degree or higher are forced to work high school level jobs (Luhby). This crisis is not due to a persons lack of education or experience; the issue is merely that companies are cutting down jobs in order to save money, and more jobs are being outsourced to several different countries over seas to save money on manufacturing and labor costs. Some experts argue that one of the key factors in the rising poverty rate is the jobs companies outsource over seas for the less expensive costs, leaving American college graduates without the opportunity to be employed in the field in which theyve been trained (Pearlstein). Combined with the bad economy and lack of available jobs, the poverty rate in America soars, making it a pressing issue. Coinciding with the lack of available jobs, many believe that the student loans that most college students are forced to take out contribute to rising poverty. Most students that enter college assume that they will be able to find a job upon graduating; ergo, these students assume that taking out massive loans for whatever university they attend will not be a problem. However, such loans become a burden if they even do find reasonably paying jobs, because most of their paycheck will have to be put toward paying off their debt each month. As a result, an individual with a college degree who is able to receive a job and a steady income previously viewed as a wonderful accomplishment will be living in poverty while an individual with a college degree without a job will be drowning in loans and living in even more extreme poverty. Meanwhile, there are people who are not well educated and have no motivation to become so and choose to live off the welfare system. The system of government aid is meant to help families living in poverty until a provider for said family is able to obtain a job that can support the family in financial independence. However, there are a few choice individuals that choose to take advantage of the system instead of trying to get a stable job on their own. These individuals who have adapted a way to work the system of welfare do not help the poverty rate, because such people only raise the statistics of poverty in America. There are also many experts who believe that poverty is a very minor issue in todays American society. These experts would argue that many people who do enter into poverty are able to easily remove themselves from the binds of financial struggle. The expanding job market could in p