“The rich become richer while the poor become poorer” this is a laymen analogy for economic inequality. The U.S is the leader in inequality between other democratic societies. The article “making a mockery of the American dreams” highlights a lot of the factual evidence that leads us to believe America is plagued by inequality. First fact noted in the article is that while productivity has been on a constant rise, pay has remained the same. At the same time, the top 1% percent of Americans share of the national income has risen from 11% to 23% in 2013. This means that the median earning for a full time worker has not changed since 1980, while the richest Americans have increased their hold of the pot. Our average income is not as it seems,
