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Much has been written about poverty but none of the accounts seem to get at the root of the problem. It must be noted that the debilitating effects of poverty are not only the result of lack of money but are also the result of powerlessness. The poor are (36) to their social situation instead of being able to affect it through action, that is, through behavior that flows from an individual’s decisions and plans. In other words, when social scientists have reported on the psychological consequences of poverty, it seems (37) to believe that they have described the psychological consequences of powerlessness. The (38) to poverty most frequently suggested is to help the poor (39) more money without otherwise changing the present power relationships. This appears to (40) the idea of equality while avoiding any unnecessary threat to the established centers of power. But since the consequences of poverty are (41) to powerlessness, not to the absolute supply of money (42) to the poor, and since the amount of power purchasable with a given supply of money decreases as a society acquires a large supply of goods and services, the solution of raising the incomes of the poor is likely, unless (43) by other measures, to be ineffective in a wealthy society.
In order to reduce poverty-related psychological and social problems in the United States, the major community will have to change its relationship to neighborhoods of poverty in such a (44) that families in the neighborhoods have a greater interest in the broader society and can more successfully participate in the decision-making process of the surrounding community. Social action to help the poor should have the following (45) : the poor should see themselves as the source of the action; the action should affect in major ways the preconceptions of institutions and persons who define the poor.
A. solution I. reasonable
B. module J. key
C. accompanied K. likely
D. secure L. implement
E. fashion M. fasten
F. related N. characteristics
G. followed O. available
H. subject