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Although crime and poverty rates are two issues that are widely discussed within the American political discourse, the needle hasn’t been moved in minimizing either.
Each side of the political duopoly continues to pontificate its perspective on strategies to alleviate poverty and crime, yet both issues have continued to persist and sometimes even worsen. The Democrats argue that lowering poverty rates via government-funded programs will in turn lower crime rates. The Republicans, on the other hand, believe that reducing crime rates through stricter crime enforcement policies will result in lower poverty rates.
The age-old adage of what came first, the chicken or the egg, comes to mind when these topics are discussed; however, the political volleying of empty rhetoric hasn’t served the American public well. In spite of the multitude of platitudes that have been proposed by each side, the solutions that have been presented have yet to produce results. Crime continues to rise in America—and a country that is supposed to set the example for the rest of the world in being a place of freedom and a land of opportunity continues to experience unacceptable poverty levels....