This analysis is not intended to suggest that, because it is often functional, poverty should exist, or that it must exist. On the one hand, poverty presents many more dysfunctions than functions: on the other, it is possible to suggest functional alternatives. For example, society's dirty work could be done without poverty, either through automation or by paying “dirty workers” decent wages. Nor is it necessary for the poor to subsidize the many businesses they support through their low-wage jobs. This, however, would increase the costs of these businesses, which would result in higher prices for their customers and clients. Likewise, many of the professionals who thrive on the poor could be given other roles. Social workers could counsel the rich, as they prefer to do anyway; and the police may engage in trafficking and other organized crimes.” Poverty is a thing of deviance in today's society. The poor and less fortunate constitute an aggregate of society. Although poverty is considered a negative aspect, there are many positive aspects, as demonstrated by Gans in his report. Poverty is a universal problem, but with a positive vision of the problem it can be better. Poverty strikes almost everywhere in the world and affects many people, even those who do not live in poverty. Although the positive aspects that can be considered positive are completely wrong compared to the negative ones. The struggles that some people endure due to poverty are simply completely unfair and sometimes inhumane. With all the events that have occurred with job losses and other economic problems, this has created a huge struggle for middle and lower class Americans. Poverty is a problem that is always a work in progress to be solved, but perhaps everything will be eventually