Analysis Of Income Inequality: The Public And The Partisan Divide

The documentary “Inequality for All” focusing on Robert Reich, a Berkeley professor, Harvard graduate, and previous Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, argues how the United States economy is struggling with the widening income gap; indeed, since the 1970’s, the income gap between the wealthy and middle class has continued to widen which has created many problems within this country.

Without realizing it, most of us live in a bubble. This impermeable layer makes us oblivious to what's going on in the world and ignorant to the truth. The media is powerful, but there is a huge difference between seeing something, and experiencing it in person. After 17 years of living in that bubble, I finally popped it and opened my eyes to a world I had never felt before. Colombia, like many developing nations, faces rampant income inequality that acts as a huge barrier for the country to make a leap towards economic prosperity. But to truly understand this great monster in our world called "income inequality", you have to experience both extreme living conditions. And during the summer, I was able to do just that. In 24 hours. With an

Wealth inequality is already shaping American politics and society, and has the dangerous potential to be the defining problem of the upcoming generation. A sizable cause for wealth inequality in America is a dire lack of

Income inequality has been an ongoing issue that has affects many American citizens for decades. Some Americans are more affected by income inequality than other Americans. This is an unfortunate fact, but there seems to be no easy solution and it seems it is getting worse. American citizens are losing hope in the system, and their voices screaming for change that benefits all, are rarely heard.

The overarching theme of this book is that political elite continue to get rich while the middle class gets poor. Hacker manages, somehow, to remain relatively unbiassed about our government issues despite being a progressive reformer. Hacker and Pierson theory is that inequality is, largely a political issue and can only be corrected by the American voters. The problem, of course, is that voters are to much divided to create a political change that is need improve America’s political issues. Political politicians severely favor big business interests and the wealthy elite to reform the political system, which attest to the old slogan of lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps. The problems of political inequality, are real but the more we as American voters understand the political issues, the better America’s middleclass has for overcoming them, and this book provides a great deal of insight on the current obstacles to creating a progressive change in our current political

The author provides great detail in each rhetorical category and causes the reader to associate on a personal level. While connecting the audience with the message Ms. Lepore also causes the reader to feel a deep-seated responsibility to be part of the solution. She delivers a broad overview of statistical data from many sources to lend credibility to her position. Jill Lepore uses a very logical approach to show the reader there is a large income inequality gap in the U.S. The author shows there is a direct correlation between the inequality of income and the inequality of

Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches is written by Nolan McCarty, Keith L. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal. This book described a detailed analysis of how increased income inequality has increased political polarization. The main argument of the book is to prove that the rise of income inequality and political polarization is connected. I believe that they have a very strong argument throughout the entire book by providing an overwhelming amount of evidence that cannot be denied.

In Robert Reich documentary “Inequality for All” he makes a compelling discussion about the serious crises that the United States faces due the widening economic gap. He looks to raise awareness of the U.S. economic gap between the rich and poor. According to Reich the widening divide in America is real and growing. Income levels at the middle and labor class is stagnant and are at it’s lowest levels compared to upper class incomes since the beginning of WWII and is growing wider each year. Reich suggests that the economy runs more smoothly when the middle class has jobs with fair wages, when unions are strong, and when middle class workers have some extra money to spend if possible when the government uses the tax policy properly and when it raises the minimum wage regularly to control the income gap between labor and management. In other words Reich argues that economically healthy middle and labor class equality is the foundation of a thriving economy and is necessary to maintaining a sound national infrastructure and educational system within

This article examines the rampant issue of income inequality that has plagued the United States for decades. From the 1970s onward, the 1% of Americans are accumulating more wealth created in the country, leaving the other 99% to scrounge around for the rest; some of these citizens live below the poverty line and may not know if they have enough money to keep the lights on for another month. Evaluating various other reports under the social interpretation of the social conflict theory, the results from most of these findings support the expansion of the labor union’s bargaining power to protect its workers as well as an overhaul of federal and state laws concerning taxes more likely paid by the upper class of citizens.

Income inequality has been a rising problem in the United States for the past few decades. One of the main issues surrounding this years is election, especially for the Democratic candidates is income inequality and how to address it. Public opinion on income inequality and the government’s role in changing it can easily shape how the election turns out this year which can make great differences to the lives of American’s for years to come.

Income inequality has been a topic of concern since the 1920’s. Never has it been of bigger concern than now. Since the year 2000, the separation between the haves and have not has widened tremendously. I don’t have issue with those that earn more being taxed more, but I do have an issue with how it is distributed to those that are less fortunate.

Like many working Americans, I never took the time to think about how income inequality affected us and how immense it has become. The problem with income inequality is its rapid increase, and the lack of effort to close that gap between the rich and the poor. According to Robert Franks in “Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore”, income growth has always remained at the top 1 percent for instance, in 1976 it was 8.9 percent and by 2007 it rose to 23.5 percent (581). Low wages and high unemployment rates have contributed to the income gap. The question is what can the government do to help reduce the problem? If we think about it, there have always been plenty of obstacles, enabling us to achieve the American dream but one should never give up hope.

The significance of income inequality has a major effect on the wellbeing of the social and economic makeup of the United States. It is not just an impulse, but a civic duty for every citizen of the country to partake in enacting their opinion. As Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the renowned French philosopher whose enlightened thinking influenced many of the Founding Fathers of the United States put it, “The very right to vote imposes on me the duty to instruct myself in public affair, however little influence my voice may have in them.” The uniqueness of the extraordinary government of the United States resides in the fact that its citizens partake in having an impact that best suits their interests. After considering the facts and numerous perspectives on whether a large income inequality distribution is positive or negative, you think back on your construction experience. Was what you witnessed that one day at your construction job in the nearby building an actual fact or was what you witnessed a hallucination of an oasis in your mind from the deprivation of

The disparity between the top income earners in the United States and everyone else is ridiculous. The rich continue to see huge increases in their income while everyone else’s rarely moves. Who is to blame for such a huge income disparity are Republicans, Democrats, neither, or maybe both? However, traditionally right wing republicans have favored reducing income taxes and corporate taxes for the top earners in the U.S. Republicans argue that Bush-era tax cuts on top earnings should be extended to stimulate the economy, while many Democrats back extensions only for lower earners(Marcia Clemmitt, 2010, para 1). While on the left side Democrats generally believe that more government spending can help bridge the gap between the rich and

m here, the bipartisan comity ends. The reasons for this narrative and some possible prescriptions to alleviate or reverse income inequality differ. Some conservative thinkers such as Charles Murray believe that income inequality derives from cultural practices. He notes that Americans who get married and raise their children in a nuclear family are wealthier, have arduous work ethics that lead to a perpetuation of success, and are more likely to send their children to college. One corollary of Murray’s argument is that traditionalist conservative values need to be readopted by lower-class Americans. Conversely, liberal thinkers such as Thomas Friedman see income inequality as a result of a divide in education. Friedman argues that in a “flat