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But he also pointed out that it would be the most difficult change to implement and that is why many people focus on educational reforms as a remedy. This would be hard to remove segregated residential status because it could challenge the provision of the fundamental human right to live in any place in a country where a citizen would wish to. Further, changing the mindset of the people towards a phenomenon that was happening for ages is the most difficult hurdle one needs to cross. But Gursky strongly believes that if one is to make a change with a serious commitment to eradicate poverty from the US also needs to pursue the policy of delegitimizing the status of segregated living. By doing so, they would be able to focus on having a fundamental education reform in which labor can respond to price signals. There is a huge price signal in the form of very high returns for a college education. If the market is working as it is supposed to work, labor would respond to that signal and it would drive down the returns to education because there would be more competition among the highly educated folks. But labor is not responding to that price signal. It is not possible for kids who are born into poor ne

ighborhoods to reap the benefits of price signals because of inadequate training
Government policies and benefits intended to support those in need will play a significant role not only for those classified as living in poverty or deep poverty but also for those in near poverty. I feel that some long-term policies could be introduced to make US society free from poverty and inequality. One example could be a government-funded nutritional assistance program for poor children so that they get their nutritional requirements and are physically fit and healthy. Raising the federal hourly minimum wage limit, and creating a monthly child allowance program for poor families would also help as well. In poor families, children after reaching the legal working age, tend to opt for part-time jobs. These measures would help them to have some savings, which could be useful for skill-building which might further help them to be qualified enough to apply to public universities or colleges, or better-paying jobs. This in a way could correct the inherent fault of the labor market to some extent. Increasing access to affordable high-quality pre-school programs would also help the poor children to build their skills.