Why Are You Seeking A Doctoral Degree?

What motivated me to enroll at GCU and pursue a degree in higher education is to live my dreams and to also to let my grandfather live to see his wish comes to pass. My grandfather is my biggest motivation growing up with my grandparents from I was nine months old until I migrated to the united states for college give me a great inspiration about education, my grandmother always uses to teach me how to read adult books, when I was just a third grader. She would normally say if I can not read the adults book I must read all the sign words I know and pronouns the big words in syllables. My grandmother plays the mother figure in my life during that time frame, I become a great reader and use to be the honor student in school, two years after my grandmother was admitted to a hospital to do a

Inequality in income became more noticeable since the early 1970s, when economic growth slowed and the income gap widened. Like one famous American politician said, the great economic and political issue of our time is the wealth and income inequality issue and it is the great moral issue of our time, because it may lead to a range of negative social outcomes.

Vermont Senator and presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, said it best when he said “A nation will not serve morally or economically when so few have so much, and so many have so little.” This quote perfectly describes the issue that The United States is currently dealing with: income inequality. Income inequality is the gap between how much money is made by the rich and everyone else in the nation. It also refers to the unequal distribution of wealth among people in a population. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States has steadily been rising, making it seem as though economic growth is stable (Inequality for All). However, it does not take into account the increasingly widening gap between the 1% and the 99% of the nation’s population. Government officials should pay closer attention to income inequality in The United States because ignoring the issue ultimately hurts American citizens.

The debate over whether income inequality should be an important topic in comparison to other issues that our nation faces. Income inequality an be defined as “the extent to which income is distributed in an uneven manner among a population (dictionary.com).”According to the Census Bureau who reported that there has been a “rise in income inequality in America, the gap between rich and poor in New York is getting worse (CQ Researcher, pg. 991)”. Right America has one of the largest inequality gap, in comparison to India and the African nation of Burkina Faso (CQ Researcher, pg. 991)”. This debate over income inequality has been inconsistent. Some do not see an issue with the way that money is distributed, while other see this issue as a major problem that our nation faces and strategies/ policies needs to be implemented to address this issue. I

Income Inequality is a tough policy issue to tackle and relate to the texts the class has been assigned to read. This particular policy issue is rather difficult to give insight on because income inequality is widespread and immense, yet most of Washington and mainstream America will not address this critical matter in question that is happening all over the country. Beliefs are blinding the majority of America when it comes to how money is distributed throughout the social classes and minorities in this nation. Americans have a distorted view of how unequal the pay gap is between the top 20% and the bottom 40%, according to Nicholas Fitz (2015). For instance, in the first study done by Michael Dorton and Dan Ariely, 5,000 Americans guessed that the richest 20% own 59% of the wealth and the bottom 40% own 9% of the wealth (Fitz. 2015). Consequently, the actual statistics are that the top 20% own more than 84% of the wealth, whereas the bottom 40% own a scarce amount of the wealth of 0.3% (Fitz.2015). Elitist view of power, also, is another term that relates to this issue of income inequality due to how government in this country, with regards to how only a few people with power actually know economically, what is happening in America, leaving the majority of American citizens in the dark about how money flows and how discrimination of minorities is hindering their ability to earn livable wages (Fitz.2015). The Federal Poverty Level which is based on the amount of income

There is a key reason why no politician wants to talk about income inequality they are blamed of driving a class warfare argument. The phrase class warfare is so toxic, the President actually had to stop talking about the thing, he describes as, “ the fundamental threat to the American dream”. President Obama gathered a group of historians and told them, “...help me find a way to discuss the issue of inequality in our society without being accused of class warfare.” Just

As we all may know or have come to assume. Poverty is an issue; an issue that may or may not ever go away. Why? Because it is a clinging, unrelenting issue that many spokespersons believe is caused by inequality in America. Equality means to be treated equally, especially when regarding things like status, rights, and opportunities. By inequality, i’m addressing and bringing in issues like income inequality, and those who don’t receive certain educational benefits that a rich or middle-class person can receive.

Part of the reason why Americans do not exactly see inequality as an issue is because they have been conditioned their entire lives to believe that this is how life should be. Many have grown up being so accustomed to the rich becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer that they fail to even think about the concept of inequality and, instead, blame the income disparities on work ethic rather than economic conditions. In India, people are not opposed to the caste system, even though there is essentially no social mobility, because they were born into it and have never known anything else. By comparing the social and economic statistics between many different countries, it allows individuals in a society to look past what they see as “normal”

Throughout the history of American society which operate under a capitalist economy there has been constant a strife between the wealthy upper class and the less fortunate lower class, causing an gap between the two. This natural income inequality has become much greater in the last decades and is starting to harm the economy and society. As Robert Reich said in the movie “Inequality for All” :“Some inequality is inevitable. Look the question is not inequality per se. The question is, when does inequality become a problem?”(Inequality for All).

I decide to strive toward the political science field. One of my first career goals is to receive a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Having a bachelor’s degree, I will emphasis in being a Legislative Field Representative and assists a government member with helping constituents with any issue involving city services and quality of life. I Also plan to pursue a master’s degree in Public Policy that will further my career, possibly be a diplomat in residence, providing guidance and advice on careers, and fellowships to students and professionals in the communities they serve.

Income inequality has slowly become an issue gaining momentum over the last thirty-five years, did we see it coming, I think so. It has always been an issues, only after decades of misleading political leadership spanning decades are people finally fed-up of being misled and lied to. The current election for the next president has brought about a voice of the American people to demand a change within our three failing political systems that govern America. Only this change, I believe is going to bring a country to its knees, the wealth holders are not, going to just step aside and willing unlock the scales of wealth that to encumber its poor, they are going to dig in and hold fast to what they have stolen and hoarded since the time of slavery.

There has been a debate about the income inequality. Some people stand by that the rich are richer and the poor are poorer. As the evidence of it, the rich have large part of the social resource than before, so that the poor have less and less part of community resources. On the other hand, the opponents people argue that the poor are richer. Compared to previous, the society has much more resources. Even the poor people have less part of resources then before, they actually have more. The debate has been going on for years, and both side of the argument are justified. The fight will continue, but both side of the debate believe that income inequality is exist. Most people don’t like the income inequality, and thinks it will hurts economic

My prior work experience required a significant attention to detail with a general understanding of policy platforms. In U.S. Representative Dennis Moore’s office I conducted legislative research and crafted explanative correspondence; at the Federal Reserve Board, I used my analytical abilities to combine quantitative and statistical analyses with qualitative observations to recommend avenues of implementation. In my legal studies, I’ve drafted legal

During an economics lecture the professor said to my class “ I do not know whether the increasing income inequality is an issue or not”. I was perplexed. I thought the goal of Economics, as a social science, was to achieve the maximum welfare of people while efficiently using resources. So how is income inequality that renders many people worse off, not an issue? By not stating his opinion, he wished to remain unbiased. However, if everyone were to keep their understanding of justice and inequality to themselves without meaningful dialogues, no societal issue would gain attention or action.

My difficult questions surround the doing and the reading of the policy process. There are three areas that I would like further explore: the role of citizen participation in the policy process, importance of critical and postmodern perspectives in understanding public policy, and the role of government.