Equality: Inequality In The United States

I’m overwhelmed with people associating this century with the word “Equality.” Whenever I have a class discussion in my English or my Government class about the economics in the United States, many always interpret the concept of equality with the century we live in. They believe that it provides more equal stances for majority of the people than any centuries before. In fact, more than half of the American citizens do not have an opportunistic world anymore in which it offers equal, economical advantages unlike previous centuries such as the 1970s that begins to show a decline in opportunities. Equality is ‘the quality or state of being equal: the quality or state of having the same rights, social status, etc.” (Merriam- Webster). In the discussion …show more content…
Even before, it consisted a fair advantage for the people who were white. The rest of the immigrants did not have the same benefits and advantages as a white person did. Now, it is at an even more unequal representation of the citizens. In many parts of the world, the countries look at the United States of America as the land of freedom, opportunities, and possibilities. In reality, it does not contribute an unbiased chance for the middle class at all, which statistically is the majority of the Americans, yet it is most likely to help the ones that are already at an advantage or someone who is the poorest of the poor. If the government does consider helping the middle-class, the middle-class might consider helping the lower class in return. Over the generations, the American Dream is perceived as the ultimate goal of every citizen to achieve in life, and in theory, it was possible to achieve that dream. The American Dream is “the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American” (Dictionary.com). According to the accurate definition, I sometimes question whether the American Dream is still in existence because the ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity is not a reality for many of us sadly. It is just an empty hopefulness throughout …show more content…
Everyone back then had a hopeful future that would be prosperous with hard work, dedication, confidence, and imagination. If one did not become successful in life back then, the individual would be perceived as inactive and indolent. In recent decades, this dream of hopefulness is declining among the average citizen. People nowadays have barely a chance to become the successful person they want to be. Most of the rules relating to paying taxes have so many loopholes for the rich to find and exploit that it saves as many as thousands of dollars in tax money, but the rest, who do not have money to pay off people to stay quiet and follow the rules in the right manner, pay the money earned by their hard work and sometimes all of the money is used somehow to survive. This is not fair; the ones who have plenty of money do not pay a single dime in tax, yet the ones, who have just enough money to save for the future and to live by, pay all the forms of taxes they have to. Before, the game favored all equally. It helped anyone in need of help; yes, the government provided more government funded resources to the lower-class who were more in need of it, but it also found ways to help the middle-class be successful. Now, it is built-in to help the rich and powerful individuals gain more power and money in result expanding the gap among the rich and the