Cyclical Poverty

During the last class we discussed the differences between cyclical and situational poverty. We came up with a definition for cyclical poverty that i dont think is correct. I believe that cyclical poverty is more personal and is essentially a events that transpire that force an individual deeper into poverty. For example a man who is in poverty but is working is laid off work, because hes laid off he cant afford his car payments, without transportation he cant find another job, cant find another job he cant pay the rent, he cant pay the rent hes evicted and because he cannot trace back and get a job to own property again he is now homeless. Now this example though extreme shows that poverty simply builds and builds. It may even build to the next generation, now lets say the man has no job, he cant send his kids to school, they dont get the proper education (what the U.S. maintains as equal opportunity in education) and they too are in poverty, all because of him being laid off. I believe that there is no difference between situational and cyclical, instead situational is one aspect in the circle of poverty. Poverty in the economic sense is cyclical in that it continues and transcends generations. The situational aspect could be the initial reason for the start of the cycle (the man being laid off, the example of Hurricane Katrine in class)...i dont think you can ever end these examples, however if people are open-minded and proactive early enough these cycles can stop very quickly.