Inequality In Park Avenue: Money, Power And The American Dream

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair. " - John F. Kennedy. The United States of America is nearly the most wealth unequal country in the world. In the movies Inequality for all directed by Jacob Kornbult and Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American dream directed by Alex Gibney, one gets a clear understanding of how inequality appears in the U.S. The inequality gap has widen in the U.S in the past few decades due to the decline of unions, contribution from the one percent, and changing trends in the market. Unions have been declining in the past decades which takes away the voice from the working class. In Park Avenue, Bruce Barlet …show more content…
Inequality for all, Billionaire Nick Hanauer who relies on the middle class for his feather pillow company to be successful says " Even the richest people sleep on one or two pillows." The one percent is not creating enough economic synergy which affects the middle the class because there is no money in the market. If there is no money in the market. Tax collections are reduced which means less money to distribute around the states and that leads to less investments to public sectors such as healthcare. The one percent are more favoured by the politician then the working class. The Koch brothers from Park Avenue are a prime example of how they influenced politicians by investing into groups that would bring their anti-government to main stream. They want to promist the free market idea so their companies can prosper. Which causes inequality because the rich are just focused on getting richer while the middle class has no help.
(The taxes are not evenly paid.) Reich says "that if the wealthy aren't paying their fair share and if the middle class is basically stagnate and not paying much in taxes because they are not making enough money then you're gonna have a budget