Read paragraph 9 from the passage.
What is the author's main idea in this excerpt?
A new underclass of citizens is defined as a group of people who are living just above or below the poverty line.
The unemployment rate is the highest that it has been in a decade.
Finishing high school is extremely difficult for people who are from low-income families.
Lack of education leads to unemployment, which in turn leads to poverty.
1 answer
The author's main idea in this excerpt is that lack of education leads to unemployment, which in turn leads to poverty.