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- On this edition of MetroFocus, PBS NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on the growing problem of poverty in America's suburbs. On the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's declaration of a "War on Poverty," Thompson takes us to Suffolk County, Long Island to meet Leigh Scozzari, a mother of two, living below the poverty line.
"Poverty in these kinds of communities can be hidden," Elizabeth Kneebone, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "Confronting Suburban Poverty in America," tells Thompson. "It can be harder to identify or even understand the extent to which need has grown, because it may not be easily visible."
In a conversation with MetroFocus host Rafael Pi Roman about her reporting on Long Island, Thompson says she found local officials struggling to help the suburban poor while the federal and local governments are facing huge deficits. Thompson says, "This is obviously a huge problem for Suffolk County and localities across the country. I think one issue is changing perceptions, so when it's time to allocate this limited pot of money it's going to the people who really need it."
Read more on the MetroFocus website: bit.ly/1hnVcMa
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Cost of living keeps going up while wages are stagnant. That's the real problem.
Negative. Wages are ok where they are, it's everything else that needs to come down. 60 years ago we earned less than today ( in numbers ) and it was cheaper to live. Government fucked it all up by interfering in people's lives. Gotta return favors to those that buy up politicians.
Wages are stagnant. You are 1000% right.
It doesn't matter, because if passages go up then the cost of everything goes up double. We are on a hamster wheel!
That's supposed to say wages
@@bmw803 how the fuk can you say wages are okay wages are far from okay you stupid fuking idiot wages are no where near enough compared to the cost of living FACT
The system is designed to keep people in poverty. "Has turned down raises at her job so that she can keep her benefits." WHAT?!?!?! That's terrible.
I highly agree with you....
They do tax the raises that she would a got
She couldn’t afford to exist without her benefits. If she had large raise offers, she might accept them.
*Dont ask stupid questions about why she lives with her mom in a nice area, she is clearly trying to save money to one day be self sufficient again*
Question answered she lives with her mom. She's not living as the only adult in the household in the area
How about the boys that impregnated these women step up and take charge, paying for the kids they made!?
They are both at fault, women and men should be more judicious who they have sex with.
they don't know who they are I would think
Would be great if child support was easy to receive and it was NOT considered as public assistance.
@Helen Hines what about divorce o yeah cause 50% of people do it. I guess stay with a loser is better than alone. WOW
@steven roscoe this guilt trip is why blacks Jews Hispanics and Asian will replace you. No matter how you feel your dying off, at least her kids are white
This in a country that spends $ 700 billion a year on military to maintain its global empire, and which thinks nothing of bailing out Wall Street banks, forking over trillions of dollars, no questions asked. If this isn't social and political decline, I don't know what is.
Bob Jones 700 billion a year is a drop in the bucket to what they really spend!
The oligarch-controlled government pours money down these rat holes specifically so they can deny Americans access to those funds.
Drug Cartels Make $64 Billion a Year from U.S.
You're spot on, but it's not an excuse to subsidize anybody. When you subsidize, you create irresponsible recipients and a depenent society. She doesn't have the right to be subsidized for anything just as much as those assholes you named deserve even less. What this country needs is to go back to its grassroots. GET THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR LIVES. It's so intrusive in everything that we're paralyzed. With the exception of those cocksuckers you named, because they pay off those traitors. Oooops Honorable congressmen and women.
@ungratefulmetalpansy Who said food inspections or highways arent needed? It's how its managed that's the problem.
$19K per year?? Ohh gosh that is tight..God bless her..hope she is doing better in 2018.
Still not poverty. Lower class. But not poverty. Go to South America or Africa. That’s real poverty.
She would have to go to nursing school or something to get a better job.
@@Eric345 $19,000 year will do wonders in a part of the world ware you can get a nice place for $250/ month.
Better than nothing!!! Just saying.
@@richardbowers3647 ware??? She's not living in Panama she's in New Jersey
The government would rather let these foreclosed house’s rot than let people live in them.
this is why u prepare during good times. improve your game when hard times hit u better able to weather the storm
U can’t really say that unless your rich just saying 😏
I agree when times are good save whatever you can even if it's just $10 or $20 here and there it can be done. I don't have a mortgage or car payment or any debt I live on Social Security earning 1069 a month I take 200 right off the top and put that straight to a savings then I pay my bills I take whatever's left divide that by how many weeks my social security check must last mostly it's four weeks sometimes five and that's what I have to live on if I have anything at the end of the month I put that into savings. Most Social Security checks are larger than mine some are smaller.
"Rich gettin richer, poor getting poor".
If you are still in the middle, make up your mind...quick...
Ralph Bernhard there isn't much middle left!
There is are no rich, and there are no poor. There are only workers and owners. Master and slave. Lord and Peasant. Oppressor and oppressed.
Fellow Traveler more like - dumb and smart. Planners and non-planners.
That's the way it is in New York you can never get ahead
No way she is 30
Shes a big LIAR, which is one of her biggest problems. Liars always have their lives fall apart
She may be "struggling", but not nearly the same as people who are now living in the WOODS because they have no help at all!
yeah the shift is single moms with kids, the family is a broken deal
It’s really ridiculous that you pay into a system for years and years and then when you need it because you fall on hard times you have to jump through hoops and go to hell just get any help and it’s ridiculous. It’s a lot better than the people who never paid into the system yet constantly reap the benefits of it. If I had to pick what I would rather my tax dollars go to support it would be the person who works for a living not the person who don’t.
Not sure when this was shot but medical assistants make at least 32k a year. I worked as a medical assistant 5 years ago and brought in 40k one year working off site for extra pay. She is either working very little hours or refuses to work more hours. That or the news channel just said 19k to get some feel sorry for me vibes.
why do medical assitants and CNAs get so poorly paid? CNA is a hard job too have to lift patients, clean patients, etc.. should get paid more
Paychecks vary widely according to your location and the scarcity of jobs. Until recently in my city, wages had not gone up a penny in 25 years, and people were desperate to get a job, any job.
I am having one of the best financial years of my life, but I am living like I am not. Why, saving saving saving. I think we have become a generation of over consumption. I myself am disgusted with all the money I've wasted. I am sorry you all are struggling. Hope things get better.
Where is the father of these children?
I came back to Florida from an area not far from this one, due to the cost of living up there. Gas, housing, heating, food and state taxes all buried me, even though I worked for the county in a great job, paying over $30,000 a year. I took a hit of 1/3 of my income, but could afford to build a house here easily, near the water and beach, even. No state taxes, good transportation if I needed it, reasonable prices for food and no tax on food. I do not understand why people stay in expensive areas like this and struggle. Same with California. No one but the wealthy can live there.
30,000 a year is not a great job
What year was this? $30k is not a great paying job in my books especially in Long Island so I can see why you were struggling.
How’s that working out with the insurance crisis and much sharper inflation that Florida has been experiencing recently?
@@euenfheiejrj This is nearly 10 years old.
30? She looks 45!
Yeah.. she doesn't look 30
Stress will do that to ya
Glad I escaped the Northeast suburban living long ago. The bottom line to survive there is fucking insane. Property taxes, vehicle taxes, state income taxes, gas prices and everything else is expensive to match. You can't retire there unless you are rich.
I love it when people have all the answers, like women should just stay in abusive relationships or look into their crystal balls to predict that they guy will be a jerk. Most people are on their best behavior during the courting stage, even those in years-long courting, but the person can change quickly after marriage and kids. Then you say “just get child support!” Oh, you are very naive if you don’t know the extents to which some (not all-but SOME) men will go to avoid child support. My ex-husband up and quit his job on purpose, and it wasn’t until the state threatened to imprison him, after suspending his license, that he realized that he couldn’t shirk his responsibility. Now he’s mad about having to pay back child support to me for the next whoknowshowmanymore years since I am not the state (welfare parents often get breaks on back support but private parties must agree). I was nice enough to waive $6k for him, and he still bitched about the other $20k. How does he think I felt when I was busting my ass to put our daughter through private school all by myself?
State Slave I agree with you 100%. I was married and did not have a kid until I was 35. But in the end I am going through the same thing you did.
Universal Justice There are always red flags if a man is abusive during the courting stage. Many of my smart friends broke off relationships during the courting stage. They did not have their blinkers on.
This is a good point. It's impossible to know the future and how a spouse will act long term. Many people started relationships on good terms with proper planning. However, I think too many people start a relationship with someone fully aware that they don't have a stable employment history.
I never wanted kids! Have seen enough seen my mother struggling with those 4 shit kids! My dog has a better life!
7k taxes for that house? I have a 4 bedroom home on 14.4 acres in rural Tennessee and pay less than 800.00 per year. Granted, I live in a county that has very little to offer in the way of services, but geez. 7 thousand a year. Move.
Obviously it’s different all around the country. I’m in MA and the prices are outrageous. Not everyone can afford or have the luxury to just pick up and move 🙄
Do you work ?
The school system is good in Long Island and there’s train access to the city and some other services.
well yeah…. but u live in Tennessee where there’s like no job openings
Irresponsibility is the problem.
Great reporting
Once the manufacturing jobs started to disappear, so did the middle class. We used to be able to live on one paycheck. Bring back some good paying jobs!!
Holly B
Used to not have kids you can't afford as well.
I still live on one paycheck and it's called Social Security and I think I'm doing fine
We have a firm in my home town in England, they took east Europeans directly from Poland, wage was £10 ph. Firm complained that they couldnt pay any more its the business they are in.... Brexit comes along and many of the polish people left suddenly they can pay £15.75 ph...... Its the scarcity of people
this is an interesing piece, and especially relevant regarding the ridiculous lack of public transportation on long island, but from another view, it could also just be thought of as "the rising standard in living"
thatwasprettyneat
Rising standard of financial stupidity.
That was a thought of mine also
People are moving from city to suburbs looking for better life but they don't know it's very hard to living in suburb they do develop residence area but they don't create the job so poverty rates surge in suburbs
The government should take these empty buildings and open day care and pay for it so people can work. Also raise minimum wage.
Would you be willing to pay more in taxes to fund this plan for government run day care?
You want to create jobs, make some of these foreclosed houses into daycare centers and make them free to family’s so they can work worry free. You will have created jobs and the houses would be taken care of.
The poor pay taxes too. State and local taxes. It’s not a lot naturally. You can’t expect someone who is poor to pay what people earning 80,000 a year pay. But they do pay.
Stop paying subsidies to farmers to not raise crops. CRP @ $65.00 an acre and most of the time it’s a 1,000 acres. You do the math. Then what crops we do raise we sell to China. What we don’t sell ends up in gasoline and cow feed!
30 years old she looks 44
dachicagoan lol 40 yr olds dont get sugar daddies
And she has a shit load of make up on.
That is a hard life that is what it does to you.
That's what stress does to you. She mentions in the vid that she worries constantly. When you work 6-7 days a week at multiple jobs to stay in one place it takes a toll on your health. That's the effect American "capitalism" has on people.
Marcus Hill that's how white people do
$19,000 a year with no medical benefits and 2 kids. No how no way can you make it in America on that. Unfortunately for more and more Americans it's business as usual.
We both retired at 55. We knew very early on that we could never afford children. We are just average working people. I got a vasectomy at 27. We have been through 3 recessions. I have been through 4 plant shut downs. No way could I imagine going through all that and having kids. Everyone of are friends over the years are divorced with kids.
She THAT poverty? Lol! Come down South-You'll see Poverty!
My thoughts exactly. They look middle class to me.
That's because she could not afford to live by herself. Rent is too expensive. She lives in her MOTHER'S house. None of that is hers. Her mom may be middle class, but she is not.
Same story. Single mom. No child support or marriage. A road to poverty. I feel sorry for all of them. Bad choices.
"S H E' S L A Z Y" - "Don't want nothing" . . . That's what THEY used to say about OTHER PEOPLE . . . NOW her story is so news-worthy and, get this, A GROWING CONCERN . . . WOW, how times have changed this THEY'RE the ones WITHOUT . . .
Mi Mi Reed+ Amen To That
She doesn't know what true poverty or being really poor is yet
I feel her pain. I worked as dental nurse for years which I had to train as, only to be paid minimum wage when I qualified. I then also had to pay a yearly fee to keep up my registration and pay for all my courses (minimum 10 course a year at around £80 each). I was actually losing money doing my job. So I quit and I'm better off not working :)
how do you tolerate this crap? how come it is allowed to pay minimum wage for a job that needs years of training and has maintenance fees? what scam is this?
That's horrible
People need to understand when America empire falls the people have no one to look down or critizie
As I watch these videos of growing suburban poverty I can't help but notice how many of these cases are showing single motherdom as the focus characters.I wonder...hmmm,is there a correlation?
In 1985 in the UK a law was passed called the Children's act, gave a massive advantage to unborn and young kids, in turn this encourage women to have kids on their own...... So now you see plenty of.... Guess what ?
Where are the fathers? Don't they care about the well-being of their children that they helped create?
Most Americans can't afford a 500 dollar emergency
Sadly I think it's like 40%. 4 out of 10. Go back 200 years roughly only 40% of people could read and write. If that were still the case in the 21st century that only 4 out of the next 10 people you say good morning too as you pass buy on the sidewalk had the ability to read and write we'd say WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES FIXING RIGHT NOW 60% of our nation's citizens are illiterate. So when I put into perspective it's a crisis we bearly aknowlage.
Living outside the USA and having travelled Africa and SE Asia , I always find videos on "poverty" in the USA very strange .
Yeah it's called relative poverty
It's becoming worse by the day. Remember the American dream? Was there an African dream everyone thought they could have?
Oh my. Poverty has taken a toll on her face. I'm a year older than her and look ten years younger than she does
@Tracchofyre oh my god yes!!
its called karma. Bad things happen to bad people, I love it
@@Dre2Dee2 why would you say she's a bad person?
For some reason, poverty in the U.S. means not keeping up with the Joneses. That woman did not look poor, nor her children. Sad that the "families in the suburbs" do not know the definition of poverty.
It’s hard out there
Poverty douse not always look like poverty I've known people that couch hopped and always had a roof that were unemployed and were just as poor as people under bridges
First things first. Where is the kids father? Why isn't he there helping raising the kids or paying child support? The job you have does not pay well. The post office, UPS, MTA, Long Island Railroad, NYS Court Officer, School Bus Driver,Armed Security guard, all pay more. Apply there. Your living in a house in Long Island not the projects in a violent shitty neighborhood.Find the kids father and demand child support.Forget about sending your kids to college. Put your energy in finding a better job, saving and investing your money, teach your kids not to repeat your mistake of having kids out of wedlock, and send them to tech/trade schools so they can have real careers, and teach them how to invest their money to work for them.All the things your parents should have taught you. You have made some pretty stupid mistakes. You have a choice. You can wallow in self-pity, blame others or you can dig in and work on rebuilding your life. You owe it to your children to track down their father and demand his help. Find a better job. Even if it means you have to work odd hours. You need to make more money like yesterday. Do not have any more children until you are financially stable and in a committed relationship.
Another problem not mentioned is the fact that car dependent suburbia is financially unproductive. The tax dollars raised are not enough to cover fire protection, ambulance, pipes, wires, asphalt, sidewalks etc. So not only is the local and state government losing money with all these maintenance costs, but they need to constantly borrow money or take out loans from the federal government.
Where is the father? Bad decisions lead to bad consequences.
Go to Africa/Asia,and you will know the true meaning of the word POVERTY
I see more eco villages have to pop up.I can only pray someone smart will take a community garden as an option fr food. Growing food selling it selling trees and seedlings. That is the only way. Not to.mention all the food thrown in the trash on purpose.
I left 6 years ago and i am glad I did. Now I own my home free and clear in the Balkans and I homestead for work which will never end and I will never be fired . I am so sorry that Americans come here in the Balkans to make money and leaving all these Americans without decent pay. American rich make me sick
Her Car is a Honda with 200K it’s not even broken in yet. Change the oil on time that SUV can last forever
I remember when health insurance became mandatory, it destroyed many budgets in households that were already hanging on by their fingernails. If you couldn't afford insurance payments, you had to pay an annual fine of hundreds of dollars per person in your family. Basically a devastating penalty for being part of the working poor.
Home foreclosures soared, and defaults on credit card debt were rampant. Ivory tower economists were puzzled by the lack of economic growth. Politicians with comfortable incomes had no clue how many millions were living in desperation on a daily basis (and still are).
The average household income may have been $40-50k, but that was for TWO incomes, not one, with two cars to support those jobs and child care thrown in, on top of the other usual expenses. Living under such conditions with no hope for the future is a recipe for insanity or suicide. At least Trump eliminated the insurance fine, which caused many to privately weep with relief and the economy to turn around. People can only stand so much.
My mama told me when she worked a job that she will not make more money from a job because we will lose our food money. She was raising me and the job increase was only a couple hundred in poverty income.
Long Island needs more public transportation. Car dependent design is finally showing its flaws.
Stop letting kids quit school at 16. That should be against the law and parents should not ever let their kids quit school. Education lifts you up non education pushes you down.
yet she has a Pandora bracelet and a shit load of charms?
maybe it was a gift or a knock off
I always notice details like this.
Maybe she collected those things years ago before having money issues?
PianoDisneygal10
The reason why she always had money issues.
Fair point there, perhaps, BlackWorldTraveler. Smarter use of her finances might have helped. Or she might still have ended up in this situation regardless.
*My 94 Fleetwood has 190,000 miles on it and it runs strong.* Bought it 10 years ago on my birthday right before graduating HS. I learn to fix it and maintain it. All the money I saved from not purchasing a newer car was used to purchase a house 3 years ago.
People living in poverty are a joke, especially those in suburbs of expensive states like NY.
dachicagoan whew Thank you Jesus! I did a sketch which was of Johnson who declared we needed war on poverty some pay attention early prophesy to come others think they’ll never be affected and snoting why they shouldnt Help!!!🙏🏾☝️💡bulb moment it can happen to you!
Poverty is so hard to live in
So much winning I'm tired of it!
There is NO WAY this woman is 30 years old
Actually poverty and the anxiety, and depression, which often follows as a result can age you rather quickly.
This woman is a big LIAR, this is why her life is all screwed up. She's 44
@@martinglenn4250 good, thats called karma
I literally saw a documentary like this about a women. They have so many parallels: single mom, certified medical assistant, lives on welfare...What likely happened is that she got into a relationship with a guy early in life. Both her and the guy didn't take school seriously, and the relationship ended up not working out. This forced the woman to some how provide for herself and the children (become the breadwinner).
Nnenna A bull has still there and they scam the TAX SYSTEM!!! HE STILL WITH THEM!!
She didnt get into a relationship early in life, because those children would be in late teens or 20s.
Her kids are 5 and 6, which means she had her kids when she was 40 like an IDIOT
30yr old single mother. 30???? I'm 52 and I look younger than her. wth!!!
spirals 73
Those kids are wearing her out.
Stress wears you down really quick.
I can guarantee you, at 52 , you don't look younger than her. Dream on.
Good you botox
Her way out is to try and find a part time retail position while the kids are still small. It will not affect her kids that much because she will have shown them that there are ways to get out of this endless poverty. Yes, it will be hard working two jobs but this is the only way out. I know Long Island is expensive & they are comfortable in their home. My mom did it and so can you. Get the second job, put the money in the bank because it isn't going to get easier when they get older. Children get older & cost more money as time goes on... do it now so you will not suffer later. Good luck.
i don't have a car.. she does...
Nobodu responding seems to lack compassion. I pray for people sucj ad her to receive help she needs.
jay deleon with 200,000 miles on it
You bigots probably live in your grandma's basement ..can't get any job..and can't even get a date with 5 fingered Mary...You bigots are pathetic..
Penny Proud GOOD GOD...YOU are criticizing this woman's looks?...
DEAR GOD LOOK IN YOUR MIRROR...LAWSEY!
An so your credits worse or you cant afford to do research
Poverty in America!! Unheard of poverty should end for ever.
Luz Figueroa
Self made it seems when you poop out babies you can't afford.
its LONG ISLAND! its expensive af! i used to lived in Brooklyn, i didnt need a car, and my rent was decent enough that i COULD make it on single income with child when i was using public transportation DAILY
Why isn't the mom trying to get child support?
Elizabeth Kneebone. Your ancestors originated in Cornwall England.
The suburbs were not designed for the consideration of poor people. I’m glad they brought up transportation, because living in the suburbs means you would have to have the luxury of being able to afford a car, insurance, and fuel just to get around. And many people who are in a tight budget who barely get by have to allocate money for food for the car instead. Which is stupid. The very little money poor people have should go to food and healthcare. If only there was affordable and reliable public transportation.
rural poverty is so much worst
Dude if IF that house is paid off, since her mom inherited it from her mom, and she works full time who helps with child care, why the hell can't she afford to live comfortably? Look ok her closet. Maybe and I'm not saying it's the case but maybe she's spending her money on stuff she doesn't need.
The suburban poverty rate has got to be worse off now because of the coronavirus pandemic!
They have made the poorest of the poor almost totally dependent on our social service system, without any consequences. In other words, our Federal and state policies. The government has to change our too lenient policies. The system now, is unsustainable..
It's her problem she's single and kicked the guy to the side, her problem .
Medical assistant with no health benefits.Absolutely disgusting...only in America and very low pay of 19000 a year smh
This video old
Yes, there is a war on poverty, make as many poor as you can.
Carroll from the food pantry is fine!!
I am afraid of driving baby honda too
Compared to UK poverty, this lady looks pretty middle class.
Where is the father?
My aunt was like her had to raise two girls on her own in Suffolk county but that was in the 1980s I don't know if it was harder or easier than now
He left her and can't send money to support his kids so... WHAT are you on about?
$600 billion on defence ? how much on welfare ?
That Honda can go 350,000 miles
Ban the word war, do not declare war on anything or anyone. We are all people.
$19k/year is so damn poor. I am single, making $80k/year and I still feel poor. My net income is $4.7k/month. Bills total up to $1200. I save $2500 and live on $1000 for food, fun, etc. I still feel poor. I need to make $160k/year to be middleclass.
KO Investing no you don’t holy shit
Nice flex
Unless you have a family with 10 kids you're doing okay
Wich I just re-read you don't
Where is the kids father? He should be supporting them, and buying them food, not the taxpayers
Chicago Gyrl Well, why don’t you hunt him down and tell him?
She should have gotten into a stable marriage before having children.
It's not just in middle class where most of the households are women. Look at the poverty class. Most of the time it's teenage girls getting pregnant. Where's the baby daddy in that situation?
Hes gone WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THESE MEN ACCOUNTABLE!!!
@@architecture.w some people started off that way
I feel for her BUT 1. where is the girl's dad's contribution to their support? and 2. why can't her mom take care of the kids? In fact, give mom some money to do it.
Did you watch the video? He left her and lost his job so he's not paying child support. Her mother DOES take care of the girls while the mom works full time.
River head ny us end of li expressway it’s where north and south fork split off
Waiting for the next one - "Wealthy politicians are surging in extra funding!!!" Just saying.
30? that can't be right! 45 perhaps. Where is the kids father?
Draining her of resources in child support court
She lives a 11 miles from me.
How are they doing now?
All videos about poverty in US shows a single mom with kids. Since the divorces grower up mostly countries get in bad shape due the government assistance grow up with single mom and kids.
And I guess the tax policies of NY have nothing to do with it?
Tessa Nelson let me guess? You think the city is the same as the state
Poverty or lack of responsibility?
Stupidity or lack of education?
Victim or arrogant fool?
Independent woman or a total failure at life?
It is sad. Yet. The US has inspired me that it is the free country that gave The World. The Peace Movement.
Its 2018 is it better nowadays?
Abdul Eb it’s the same
The greatest country in the world. Ha Ha Ha.
Let people have chickens in suburbs
They do in Miami lol
@@barbaravyse660 Chicago too, but not most of the suburbs, they are almost like HOAs trying to control things
You call that poverty?
Come see other countries; Philippines, Afghanistan, etc.
I don´t think the US want to compare themselves to these shitholes.
DrSleazoid
They should.
KHAIRUL AZHAR KHOURUDIN it's US poverty like look how her car is older than 5-10 years old and how she lives with her mother and how she only makes 19k a year most Americans make a combined 80k-100k a year and have newer cars and a larger newer house that isn't there mothers house but they own
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se The grandmother inherited that house and the Mom does pay rent.
Most countries are poorer than the US, that's true. But in the richest country on earth why are there so many people still living in poverty?