Is it okay that the “lowest ranking soldiers in the U.S. military earn $8.86 an hour, while some fast food workers have been demanding $15 an hour to flip burgers” (Straub, 2014)? The average American makes $55,000.00, even though the most “a soldier can make in general is $35,000.00” (Army, 2014). The people who protect the country are making less than the people they are protecting. Is that right? Men and women risking their lives to protect those who pay them barely anything. If anything active duty soldiers deserve to make hundreds of thousands. Soldiers have families also, “53.7% of active duty soldiers have families” (Stintson, 2008). The word "wealth" is often confused with "income". These two terms describe different but related things.
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According to the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, "the world distribution of wealth is much more unequal than that of income”. But the overall ownership of these financial assets has become stunningly concentrated. America’s richest 10 percent now hold nearly 85 percent of All the Federal Reserve data reflect the responses surveyed. “The best official U.S. source of data on household wealth distribution comes from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, an in-depth survey of the finances of some 6,000 American families conducted every three years over the past three decades” (Wealth Inequality, 2014). According to the Huffington Post the United States of America is the leader in inequality in the World. Veterans, for example are not receiving the benefits they should. Furthermore, even younger veterans are being wrongfully paid according to the Washington Post, “The plan to trim pension increases for working-age military retirees such as [the average man] is by far the most controversial provision in a bipartisan budget deal approved by Congress and signed last week by President Obama” (Montgomery, …show more content…
Without the soldiers in the United States no one in the country would be alive today. Without the soldiers those professional athletes would not be able to make those millions, so why are soldiers making such a minuscule fraction of for example LeBron James makes. “LeBron James made $21.75 million dollars in 2015” (Forbes, 2015). Once again, the most a soldier can make is around $35,000.00 a year. “As an officer they may be able to make up to $69,000.00” (Army Wages, 2014). Your Army Basic Pay as a soldier depends on how long you’ve been in the Army and your Army rank. Your Army base pay will increase as you climb in rank and years of experience. Dozens of veterans have died after being forced to wait months to see a doctor, according to a months-long investigation conducted by CNN. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which is plagued with long waiting lists and inefficient systems, is failing to adequately connect former military service members with the health care they
According to the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, "the world distribution of wealth is much more unequal than that of income”. But the overall ownership of these financial assets has become stunningly concentrated. America’s richest 10 percent now hold nearly 85 percent of All the Federal Reserve data reflect the responses surveyed. “The best official U.S. source of data on household wealth distribution comes from the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, an in-depth survey of the finances of some 6,000 American families conducted every three years over the past three decades” (Wealth Inequality, 2014). According to the Huffington Post the United States of America is the leader in inequality in the World. Veterans, for example are not receiving the benefits they should. Furthermore, even younger veterans are being wrongfully paid according to the Washington Post, “The plan to trim pension increases for working-age military retirees such as [the average man] is by far the most controversial provision in a bipartisan budget deal approved by Congress and signed last week by President Obama” (Montgomery, …show more content…
Without the soldiers in the United States no one in the country would be alive today. Without the soldiers those professional athletes would not be able to make those millions, so why are soldiers making such a minuscule fraction of for example LeBron James makes. “LeBron James made $21.75 million dollars in 2015” (Forbes, 2015). Once again, the most a soldier can make is around $35,000.00 a year. “As an officer they may be able to make up to $69,000.00” (Army Wages, 2014). Your Army Basic Pay as a soldier depends on how long you’ve been in the Army and your Army rank. Your Army base pay will increase as you climb in rank and years of experience. Dozens of veterans have died after being forced to wait months to see a doctor, according to a months-long investigation conducted by CNN. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which is plagued with long waiting lists and inefficient systems, is failing to adequately connect former military service members with the health care they