Income Inequality In America

Throughout time income inequality has existed throughout the world. Although, we as Americans have “equal rights and opportunities” to be as successful as the next person, it is difficult to achieve these things while not being paid and treated fairly. Income inequality refers to the extent to which income is distributed in an uneven manner among a population. In the United States there is a blatant income and social inequality. The reason being is that people in the United States have been so accustomed to the social norms of living comfortably with the wages they make. The problem with being content with the way you’re living is that we have put a cap to our abilities instead of pushing to see how far we can go and exceed our expectations of what life should be. …show more content…
The reason we should start to monitor these social inequalities before they get out of hand is because eventually people will get tired of working these long hours for minimum pay and begin to rebel against this unjust system. This is why I believe that the United States as a nation should be aware of the income and the social inequality which we are living in today. We as a successful country know what it’s like to live in unfair conditions, this is why we moved from Great Britain in the first place, and so why do the same to the workers that are trying to make this country a better place? Social and Income inequality must be changed before our nation takes a turn for the