Sentence examples for growing poor from inspiring English sources

The passage of the Preemption Act prefaced the emergence of a vocal reform movement embracing "homesteading" — the free distribution of public land — as a safety valve for an American political and economic order threatened by a growing poor population in Eastern cities.

According to a stunning new study by the Brookings Institution, by 2008 the largest and fastest growing poor population was in the suburbs.

Gradually they become the growing poor group in the big cities, lacking a social assistance system and public infrastructure and suffering from health risks which go unnoticed [ 3].

The situation has fuelled a growing poor-rich divide as well as increasing resentment among those who see German prosperity being built on the exploitation of the downtrodden.

The poor are no longer growing poorer, and the rich are growing immensely richer.

And it wants jobs created -- the Hasidic community in Williamsburg is poor and growing poorer, Rabbi Niederman said.

The richest city of all, New York, has been steadily growing poorer, if one looks beyond Park Avenue and Wall Street.

It could continue like this more or less indefinitely, steadily growing poorer and older but still managing quite comfortably.

He said (pdf): Britain today is a divided nation, where the poorest in our society are growing poorer while the fortunes of the richest are rising.

If you have to grow poor owning a ball team, this is the way to do it.

The easiest way to grow poor for the long run is to succumb to the ersatz safety of cash.