(Newswire.net — October 4, 2016) — There are a lot of challenges to keep up with when you’re trying to make ends meet. Unfortunately, many of these things become even bigger obstacles when you’re in a disadvantaged monetary state. Just paying to be able to live a regular everyday life can be costly enough. Add on unexpected accidents, special events or legal troubles can severely affect the disadvantaged.
One such aspect that really affects people who aren’t well off is in the legal arena. Many surveys and statistical analyses point to more legal problems than most. We’re going to take a look into some of these challenging government decisions that tend to increase if someone is considered disadvantaged.
Inequality’s Legal Relation
A LAW (Legal Australia Wide) survey prepared a study that accounted for legal need across the entire world. There were many key takeaways from the report that show where the costs come in from being, what some would consider “disadvantaged.” The report showed that legal problems are widespread throughout many countries and districts and disadvantaged people are the most vulnerable to being involved in multiple and ongoing legal processes.
Some of the key findings regarding Australian citizens found that over 50% of Australians experienced at least one legal problem over one year period. Some of the most common legal problems were consumer, crime, housing, and government categories. Financial strain was associated with near 30% of each problem. This was just one such example quantified in one country regarding legalities. Examples like these are everywhere in the world.
The relation between legal problems and inequality is complex, but simply put those who are disadvantaged cannot defend or support themselves through legal means. It leads to a viscous circle if not worked with correctly.
Lessening the Impact
There are public and private resources out there can be of great assistance to the disadvantaged. One such example would be Hutchison & Stoy whose legal services cover a wide range of protections and legal defenses. Often just being able to connect to these basic public services is the difference between a disadvantaged person getting out of a certain situation or sinking deeper into it.
These problems may arise in the workplace, out in the public or against the government itself. Having a solid backing from a legal source that cares will be a helpful asset. The cases that are taken on are varied, but all have one thing in common. Supporting the disadvantaged in legal cases.
Disadvantaged Challenges
Other members of society who face more harsh treatment are homeless people, disabled people, migrants and refugees. Children for example of some immigrants in certain countries have a widened gap of inequality in the past couple of years. This list of disadvantages for the unfortunate goes on and on, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
On the lowest of the spectrum, homeless people suffer from many issues that are pushed even further by inadequate policy responses. They are the number one users of needing acute health services. Just getting by with the most basic necessities is a major hurdle for them to overcome. Their life is oftentimes almost a third less than the usual life expectancy rate for the given country. People with disabilities face exclusion from certain learning facilities and then thrown right back into the cycle that can’t move them forward.
If in the event they go away to a home, they’re often afforded less than satisfactory health care, which contributes even more to the problem. Such methods for dealing with these people are not advantageous for them at all. One of the biggest problems uniting all of these groups is the fact that they don’t have the proper voice of representation.
Monetary Issues
All of these people have a current theme running through them. Basic needs are barely abled to be kept because of one underlying issue or the other. It doesn’t have to be resigned to just the way out there parts of a disadvantaged society. These same types of issues can affect people a little higher up on the socioeconomic ladder. Homeless and disabled are just the biggest examples of why it costs to stay afloat.
Many basic tenants of financial security are not able to be met, when not only do you have to pay for basic needs, but any legalities that have spastically proven to arise for the disadvantaged.
Through acknowledging the problem, no matter what the current situation is, there is hope to mitigate the potential costs associated with this inequality. There’s no way out of it, but to keep fighting no matter what.
Lily Baker is a Mom who faces daily challenges due to her disability. She tries not to let it stop her living, and enjoying, her life though. She writes about disability, benefits, and parenthood, using her writing as an outlet for her voice to be heard.