Isn’t that just being mean to them? Why should they bear the entire burden, they are the only ones talked of in this debate of economic inequality as spoiling the equality curve. Is this a way to bring them down, to level the curve? Let’s consider this; these top 20% wealthy rich are the minority in our society. Whether it’s open voting or polling concerning such issues, the odds are against them.
One specific one was put in Puck magazine and showed the “presidency as a chair being auctioned off to a room full of railroad tycoons and financers.” People were realizing the control that the businesses held over the government and how the country could not be so well run without the bargaining of these two groups. (Muckraking
Without workers rights such as the right to strike, collectively bargain, or even to quit, private prisons are growing and benefiting largely off of the backs of these inmates. In the year 2000 there were 100 private prisons profiting off of a population of nearly two million individuals. Private prisons have utterly corrupted the United States Government. Private prisons are using the profits they have earned to buy/lobby politicians. These politicians are then expected to legislate in such a way that benefits the private prisons and in turn
Galbraith Chapters 1 &2 Argument Spans Chapter 1: “The Affluent society” The problem that Galbraith is trying to point out in the first chapter is that “wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding”(p.1). This wealth has brought change among the people but has kept the ideas of the world of poverty. In the past, almost everybody was poor, but today in the affluent world people are consumed with wealth to the extreme point that they begin to believe that they are poor or “ill” With poor understanding, people are not open to accepting new ideas that can aid this new and affluent society. The economic ideas that are used today, that were “once interpreted the world of mass poverty have made no adjustment to the world of affluence” (p.2).
I believe the reason we are in an economic crisis, the reason our growth as a country has tapered off, and the reason so many poor people can’t picture good futures for themselves, as well as their children, is because of inequality in this country (Johnson). We’ve allowed a few very wealthy people to accumulate a massive amount of political and economic power in this country. We have unknowingly built a financial, economic, and political oligarchy here, and until we break from that oligarchy or put it behind us by “reforming the banking system and changing the way finances are organized in this country”, we're not going to have anything that we will feel is appropriate to call a dream (Johnson). Where is the dream for those living on the street and begging for food and spare change? Where is the dream for the child at school with no supplies?
A simple example of this is the concept of that evil, deceptive tax cut. That same party will tell you that the only way to make money from taxes is to raise them until every rich patron of this country is paying an arm and a leg just to stay alive. Not only does this punish the rich for being rich, it is a form of socialism though it's redistribution of money in an attempt to reward the idle for doing nothing, and punish the busy for endeavoring to make money. Doesn't make much sense does
Lobbyists are supposed to be a group of people seeking to influence politicians on a specific issue. The key word in that definition is people, because lobbyists today are no longer people. They are representatives for multi-billion dollar industries and companies, and when was the last time huge corporations really knew what was best for the people? They don’t, they only know what is best for themselves. Lobbyists could be used to get voters demands to Congress after elections, but now most lobbyists are paid by large corruptions to influence lawmakers.
It is sad how the poor are getting poor and the middle class are barely holding on to their class and how the rich keep getting richer. I feel that inequality is increasing between the rich and poor and I feel that should not be happening so it is a good thing that the Occupy Wall Movement has taken a step toward it. The Movement has spread throughout the world because of how it supports the majority 99% person of people that are living in United States. I feel that it has spread more because of how the crisis have increased a lot which has become a major problem and the movement has about 20,000 person in support which is a good amount of number to make a
The causes of homelessness in America can be classified in to two broad categories, which are: (1) individual shortcomings and (2) societal issues. Individual shortcomings include mental illnesses, family breakdown, addiction to drugs and/or alcohol, lack of education, and amoral behavior. On the other hand, societal issues relate to interrelated social, political and economic factors which include joblessness, distribution of income and wealth and the profit structure of the housing market. People in America are vulnerable to getting homeless irrespective of their educational and ethnic backgrounds. Many studies have found that the homeless population has reached to the figure of 4 million in America that has altered the image of the homeless people as being beggars, hobos and winos.
Occupy Wall Street Movement Sonya L. Hames BUS 309 Prof. Allen Strayer University November 4, 2012 The Occupy movement’s power comes from a simple moral message: It’s wrong to demolish the world of health and hopes of others. We called the Occupy movement the source of the crises of our time. Wall Street banks, big corporations, and others among the 1% are claiming the world’s wealth for themselves at the expense of the 99% and having their way with our governments. The Occupy Wall Street didn’t start by just demanding change; it also transformed how the 99% see themselves. Many people felt shame when they couldn’t find a job, pay their debts, or keep their homes from being taken was a political