Video: Wealth Inequality in America

The basic structure of wealth in America has become a topic of argument in recent years. The foundation of America derives from the American dream and the notion that if you work hard you will be successful and rich in life. However, multiple data shows that that’s doesn’t hold true. While many people come to believe they get unfair pay for their work, their idea of unfair doesn’t meet the reality. In an ideal society, the different classes would get paid accordingly and somewhat fairly. Nevertheless, the reality shows the dreadful concept of what America is now. While many Americans work many laborious hours and hold multiple jobs to survive and get by, they do not get paid nearly as much as they should. In the meantime, the top 20% only keeps getting richer. This data shows the corruptness of the American system to a more extreme extent than most Americans believed. Because of this unfairness, many Americans have recently begun to fight against the top percenters and demand they get paid more equally. However, it seems as if every attempt made by the lower classes only ends up benefiting the top percenters. Apart from socialism, the belief that working hard should provide you with enough money to hold a living shouldn’t be condescended to working 18 hours of the day simply to pay the rent bill and leave barely any money for food. A hard worker should be compensated for their work just as much as a CEO of a business. What the massive gap in income shows is that lower class people are worth less for their time and work than someone who runs a business. Agreeably, a CEO puts in time to his or her business but even then, he or she doesn’t pay their employees nearly as much as they make. This inequality is what has driven America into the loss of the American dream.