Poverty causes separation in many, many ways around the world. Through states, schools and families. In conclusion, poverty is drastically affecting the American economy. It affects children, parents and the loving souls around them and supports them. Poverty affects the way the economy moves environmentally, the way money spreads from one place to another, and the way it rotates from bank to bank, slows down a lot every year. Poverty also affects crime. Poor adults are usually hungry for food and casual clothing to satisfy them for another period of their lives. Poor children, usually teenagers, go after money and jewellery, things they like or can sell to get quick cash to solve their hunger and/or thirst. There are also many causes of poverty in America too. Problems such as not being able to pay your rent or mortgage, being fired or laid off from your job, and struggling to find a new decent paying job that can support you and your family, can also pay for the necessities needed to support you and your dear. healthy family. Poverty is a huge social problem in America that should be stopped as soon as possible