For the past 30 years the middle class and the poor’s economic mobility within the U.S. has not gotten significantly worse, however it is a problem that it has not gotten better. One idea President Obama proposed to help bridge the income gap is to raise the capital gains tax; that is the difference between what is paid for an investment and what is received when that investment is sold from 23.8 percent to 28 percent. This would help bridge the gap by giving back to the middle class and the
For the past 30 years the middle class and the poor’s economic mobility within the U.S. has not gotten significantly worse, however it is a problem that it has not gotten better. One idea President Obama proposed to help bridge the income gap is to raise the capital gains tax; that is the difference between what is paid for an investment and what is received when that investment is sold from 23.8 percent to 28 percent. This would help bridge the gap by giving back to the middle class and the