please help me tell which of the following would be better as a thesis statement for a rescreach paper " Poverty". addtional suggestion will be appreciated. thank you!!!

Question

- Poverty is affecting thousands of Americans everyday, it isn't sparing anyone of a certain race, age or gender sweeping through the the world, leaving people on welfare, and without homes, or cars
- There are many different reasons why poverty occurs and as such there are many different avenues to pursue in the eradication of poverty

Answer 1

You have written two statements of fact, but neither is a thesis statement yet.

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

What you wrote is like #1 on that webpage. How can you revise it so that your position on the issue of poverty is clear?

Answer 2

- There are many different reasons why poverty occurs and as such there are many different avenues to pursue in the eradication of poverty