The Importance Of The American Dream

The gap between the rich and poor in the United States is constantly growing, due to the fact that minimum wage is low for the poor but not for the rich. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. There is no gray area in this situation. According to A Project of The Institute for Policy Studies, “The top 0.1 percent is taking in over 184 times the income of the bottom 90 percent.” There

So, that’s the major issue. The major issue is how do we create an economy that works for all of our people rather than a small number of billionaires, and the second issue, directly related, is the fact that as a result of the disastrous Supreme Court decision on Citizens United, we now have a political situation where billionaires are literally able to buy themselves elections and candidates. Let’s not kid ourselves. That is the reality right now.

Once someone is in poverty, it is difficult to mobilize them to a higher class. When someone lacks skills, they are unable to obtain a stable job. An unstable jobs leads to low income and lack of access to medical care and education. Since a member of the working poor cannot access education to build skills, they are right back at the beginning of the cycle. While these 21st century issues make it difficult to mobilize members of the lower class, the issues are far less horrific than the conditions that faced the poor during the Industrial

Those who are members of the 1% have earned (or inherited) so much money, and for the most part they tend to not give back. Jamelle Bouie’s article “The Rich Really Are as Selfish as You Think” reveals the results of recent studies conducted by three political scientists. These studies declare that a majority of the “One Percenters” are satisfied with not only the inequality of society, but the working conditions of the middle-lower classes. Along with this, 40% of this group are in favor of a minimum wage increase, 32% are fans of universal health care, and only a mere 8% support a governmental jobs program for unemployed citizens (Bouie 1). With the general public now aware of these statistics, it is unlikely that the 1% will be winning any popularity contests soon—that is, as long as the other 99% is eligible to

While money is obviously not an issue, the rich are not immune to personal problems such as the death of a loved one, or natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires or floods. The poor have to face these same problems. No one can be O.K. with their family member dying, or losing possessions in earthquakes or fires, but everyone will go through something like this at one point in their life. This makes them similar.

If helping the poor requires the ruin of the future world, then the poor should not be helped.

this is why one to two percent of the world ‘owns” 99% of the wealth, wealth is their god. Gold saves them, platinum births them, and diamonds promise them endless life. Their gods riches, rule the cowalt of man, the health of man, the education of man, the housing of man, and even the law of man, the love of money, wealth is the root of all evils. The Lor group also enjoy being worshipped by the poor their gods has given the god status. What they wear the poor also seek to wear, what they say the poor believe, where they live the poor dream of but can’t go. What they do the poor do likewise? The worse of all provident is the poor who worship the rich! Even the religious empires known that in this society- wealth I approval, so they seek to dress like, live like, and befriend the Lor group. They are so in love with this world riches until any massage about Jesus Christ return is a root issue with them. Their heaven is here on earth at the exploitation of the poor. The Lor group dishonors the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the

Just as To no Chujo stated, many people have no interest in learning about the poor which leads to a lack of knowledge about the lower class. This may be one reason that many people look down upon poor

Wherever I travel in this Great Democratic Country of ours, I am struck at the morbid sight of our nation. The woefully growing poor-class struggles to make financial ends meet for a week after solemnly accepting their gross income. The relatively stable middle-class battles with monthly finances, hopes crushed at the stark differences of their net and gross salaries. Lastly, the targeted upper-class, the nation’s financial powerhouse, feels the injustice of scandals against them regarding avoidance of taxes. It is impossible to go anywhere without feeling the resentment on payday, when all see the cuts from taxes and insurances. It isn’t hard to know the reason for these cuts. On the contrary, it is quite the elephant in our country: national

While such moves might seem sensible, they might not actually improve household welfare or firm profitability. A first possibility is that the

Unfortunately, this fact is so true of our society today, but Yancey goes on to show how Jesus makes an extra effort to reach out to he poor. He gives a list, which he got from another writer, on the advantages of being poor. This list really made an impact on me. It showed me how I need to be more open to what God has to say, and not so involved with the materialistic and secular views of today. I need to focus on what God has planned for me, and not make my focus to be what other people think of me. “Strength, good looks, connections, and the competitive instinct may bring a person success in a society like ours, but those very qualities may block entrance to the kingdom of heaven” (Yancey 114).

We can help the poor by not turning away from them but by helping them

The rich take everything they can from the poor and are nowhere in sight when they are in need of help. They state the reason people are poor is because of their own

It can be seen that there are a multitude of reasons that the poor tend to remain poor. Reasons ranging from the spending patterns of the poor to the health and nutrition of the poor all attribute to the creation of a poverty cycle that seemingly condemns the poor to being poor. Obviously this isn’t a rule of thumb but rather an accurate observation, it is not to say that the poor can’t become affluent but rather the conditions and environment that surrounds those who are poor severely impedes their ability to earn an income and move over the poverty

The sad thing is many impoverished people are poor for no other reason than bad