CHAPTER 9 PREVIEW PRESENTATION

UPPER CLASS

• Upper class makes up 1% of the population
• Divided into two groups: old money and new money
• The magi is the highest class in Magi

UPPER MIDDLE CLASS

• Primarily high income business people and professionals
• Power and influence afe limited to community level
• Dijinn users are the second highest class in Magi

LOWER MIDDLE CLASS

• White collar jobs
• Many hold traditionsl balurd and are political conservatives
• Magicians are the third highest class

WORKING CLASS

• Hold jobs that require manual labor
• Few fiancial reserves
• Warriors at the second lowest class in Magi

WORKING POOR

• Work at the lowest paying jobs
• Mau work hard but rarely make a living wage
• Humans are the lowest class in Magi

MEDICAID

• Goal of improving health and health care for beneficaries
• Serves uninsured children up to 19
• Eligibility: meet the federal poverty level (44k for a family of four)
• I think this lets families that are struggling be able to relax and not worry about dying

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• Offers nutrition assianxw to low income families
• Eligibility: Meet their monthly income chart
• I think this allows families know that they can still put food on the table

SOCIAL SECURITY

• Benefits: retirement, disability, medicare, supplemental secuirty income
• Elgibility: Us Citizen, no violent background, living in US
• I think this helps people worry less about what to do when they're too old to work

POVERTY IN THE US

• The poverty rate in 2013 was 14.5%
• In 2013, 45.3 million people were in poverty
• The poverty rate for children under 18 fell 19.9% in 2013
• The porverty rate for ages 18-64 is 13.6
• Poverty rates have been slowly decreasing