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Throughout all of history poverty has always been an issue. The author of __The Grapes of Wrath__, John Steinbeck, showed one family's story during th dust bowl. They went on the journey to California to find work but so was everyone else. Many American families took the long journey to California in order to gain more wealth and prosperity for themselves. The problem came about when people realized that everyone was going to California and that no jobs existed by the time people heard about the need for work out west. People had left their homes and they had nothing; this created an unbelievable amount of poverty and the government hardly did anything to help.

Today we have similar issues. The housing projects are a condensed area of poor people who are all trying to get out and make money. The song "Raised in the Projects" shows how Project Pat was able to get our through rap. Music and acting are common ways for people to try and make money and get out of the projects. The same problem arises as in the dust bowl; there are too many people who want to be musicians and actors so a very small percentage of people make it out of the projects.

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