Today I read “For too many Texans, poverty erodes opportunity” by Editorial Board for the Austin American Statesman. What the article is talking about is basically that the gross income of central Austin doesn’t reflect on what the economy really is in Central Texas. The article states “ according to the Census Bureau…in Austin, 1 in 5 residents lived in poverty in 2012.” To me I feel that this is a huge problem in Texas that just gets brushed under the rug. I feel that politicians choose not to see the people out there who have to live pay check to paycheck until the day that they die and are never really able to get ahead because they are always trying to play catch up. I feel that the poverty in Texas is a huge issue that needs to get more attention.
I see this poverty first hand working at HEB. I can already name four people that work in my department that I know work to barely get by each month. For example this past week one of the lady’s Alicia needed to buy insurance for herself and husband because it is now a law. When she got done with her meeting to discuss possible options she came back and told me that she didn’t know how she was going to be able to afford insurance because it was going to be about 600 dollars a month and this is roughly about what her monthly income is. Another woman the same thing she is working 40 hours a week to turn around and have enough money to pay for her kids insurance and buy them groceries. Another lady barely gets by to make her rent each month. There has got to be some kind of assistance that is able to help the people who aren’t quite poor enough to qualify for things such and food stamps or Medicaid, but who are also incapable of being able to buy anything else. The state needs to raise the number of what is considered to be poverty level because the people who are above that are doing just as bad.
This is where I feel that the state should jump in and save it’s people. Texans are known for their pride and I feel that people who always have their state’s back should live in a state where the support is returned and Texas has a Texan’s back.
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