The Poverty Business

Companies such as Turbo Tax, Credit Unions, Credit cards etc. are making the opportunity divide worse by providing the poor with access to these such businesses but the rich are not being offered the same. The opportunity divide will only continue to be divided until the poor and rich are treated equally. Companies are out to target the poor and the rich are left alone because the companies are likely to get their money back from the rich and not the poor. The opportunity divide will no longer exist once such programs aren’t offered to the less fortunate. The rich for the most part do not need these services to help them sustain a comfortable living style, but the poor need these services to survive month to month.  The government holds responsibility for the opportunity divide as well as the people itself. If the government did not let such businesses exist the poor people would not have these services to fall back on when times get tough. As much research that the companies did on the poor is the same amount of research that the poor should have done on the companies. These companies target the poor for a reason. The government plays a major role for the opportunity divide as well. If such services are going to be offered there should be FREE classes for the “poor” to take so that they will be informed about the ins and outs of these companies. Being informed would keep a lot of people out of debt with the companies and may even stop a lot of companies from even being in business. The more people that are aware of what’s going on with the businesses the less business would exist. These such companies are keeping the making the rich richer and the poor poorer.