Why Do We Still Have Poverty?

Something is fundamentally broken.

The government still can’t measure poverty accurately — let alone solve it. After decades of failed efforts, bloated programs, and hollow promises, we’re left with a system that traps people instead of lifting them up.

If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, we’ll keep getting what we’ve been getting: more poverty, more suffering, more wasted potential.

This is not a problem for “someone else” to fix.
It’s on us.

Not our politicians.
Not some distant nonprofit.
Not a once-a-year volunteer event or donation.

It’s going to take you. And me. Right now.

We must stop pretending that poverty is invisible — or inevitable.
That children attending failing schools, or families afraid to step outside their front door, aren’t our responsibility.
That a neighbor going without food or healthcare isn’t our problem.

It is.

And here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud:
We could end poverty — completely — if enough of us simply decided to care.

No policy needed.
No massive lifestyle change.
Just the courage to look around, ask “What do you need?”, and act like we actually give a damn.

We’ve seen it before. After Hurricane Katrina, strangers opened their homes to evacuees. Communities sent truckloads of supplies. Why? Because we remembered, in that moment, that we belong to each other.

We don’t need a crisis to care. Poverty is already a crisis.

So here’s the question:
Are you ready to do something about it? Today? In your community? With whatever resources, connections, or compassion you have?

Because if enough of us step up — truly step up — we can end poverty in this country.

Not someday. Not in theory.
But in 7 years or less.

Join the movement now.
Start where you live.
Start with what you have.
Just start.