An article by Neil Gilbert called The Inequality Hype talks about the inequality that we face today. It provides statistics by talking about a survey where seventy-six percent of the public believe that the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. About the same percentage was calculated in 1987 which means that for the last thirty years about three-fourths of the population believe that the two classes are separating from each other even more. I believe that this is true because in today’s society there is a huge division between those two classes and the middle classes is either staying the same or changing into the lower class because they cannot afford to pay taxes since the middle class is the class that pays more. For
