The efforts of government to aid Middle class Americans under income inequality hasn’t been effective. According to Victor S. Thomas professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard’s faculty of Arts and Science allege “government really responds much more to the privileged than to even middle- income people who vote.” Perhaps this ties into the political supporters that are wealthy; by supporting the candidates they can somehow manipulate to “shape” his or her agenda. Government programs like Medicare and Earned income tax were aimed to combat the financial struggle among the middle-class Americans unfortunately, isn’t a rewarding solution to many (US News). However, State’s fiscal policy of cash assistance and unemployed compensation was
