Social Mobility, also known as the “American Dream”, is no longer prominent like it used to be. The argument of working hard and getting ahead are no longer true. It is just a part of the ladder on climbing the social ladder. Government policy affects the social living standard of the Americans. The lack government policy is one of the root that causes poverty. Another problem lies in, “Work hard and get ahead”, a typical American saying that strives for what American dreams stands for. While it is not entirely true that working ahead is enough to get ahead because the poor are being exploited as the rich get richer and the poor stays poor hence, this makes social mobility unattainable for the poor. With the government lacking policy that inhibit
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1 Insufficient Government PolicyGovernment , The government ought to adjust social welfare. Even though there are a claims that government benefits are the cause of why poor stay the way they are . The poor would then become dependent to social welfare and not work hard as an individual. The claim is that it affects the mobility. Evidently there are no data to show that correlates welfare that disrupts social mobility(Sept 13 Class Discussion). In fact, it is the other way around. Putnam argues that money reduces stress. Money matters, money is used to provide basic needs and reduces stress in a household. Given that people can be more efficient instead of worrying and scraping day by day. Due to this family model have changed, the old traditional families are composed of one working parent and one parent that takes care of the children. Usually, the father works and the mother takes care of the children. The new family model, consist of either both working parents or a single parent that usually working more than two jobs in order to meet the needs for the family. There is a huge difference of the traditional …show more content…
It means that, the rich get richer while the average workers stays below. The growth income of the top 1% dramatically increased. I believe it is still growing. According the Pew Charitable 's chart, it did grow until 2004(page 3 figure 2). There is a huge difference between the CEO and its average worker. Despite of what they do, the position alone gives. Perhaps it obvious that the Corporate Executives gets more than their regular employees but the chart shows so much increase in CEOs pay. While, the minimum-wage worker, well-- it stays minimal as low as the law requires it to be. Let 's say, CEO and the typical minimum-wage employee work hard as the other. The justification of working hard and getting ahead does not fit in this
1 Insufficient Government PolicyGovernment , The government ought to adjust social welfare. Even though there are a claims that government benefits are the cause of why poor stay the way they are . The poor would then become dependent to social welfare and not work hard as an individual. The claim is that it affects the mobility. Evidently there are no data to show that correlates welfare that disrupts social mobility(Sept 13 Class Discussion). In fact, it is the other way around. Putnam argues that money reduces stress. Money matters, money is used to provide basic needs and reduces stress in a household. Given that people can be more efficient instead of worrying and scraping day by day. Due to this family model have changed, the old traditional families are composed of one working parent and one parent that takes care of the children. Usually, the father works and the mother takes care of the children. The new family model, consist of either both working parents or a single parent that usually working more than two jobs in order to meet the needs for the family. There is a huge difference of the traditional …show more content…
It means that, the rich get richer while the average workers stays below. The growth income of the top 1% dramatically increased. I believe it is still growing. According the Pew Charitable 's chart, it did grow until 2004(page 3 figure 2). There is a huge difference between the CEO and its average worker. Despite of what they do, the position alone gives. Perhaps it obvious that the Corporate Executives gets more than their regular employees but the chart shows so much increase in CEOs pay. While, the minimum-wage worker, well-- it stays minimal as low as the law requires it to be. Let 's say, CEO and the typical minimum-wage employee work hard as the other. The justification of working hard and getting ahead does not fit in this