How would you deal with the so called huge gap between the rich & poor in the U.S.A.?

Question

Do you think this is an issue at all?

How would you rephrase the question?

What catagory would you place the question?

What details would you add?

Answer 1

I think the gap between the rich and poor is another farce created by the left-wing nuts in the Democratic Party... much like the whole global warming scare. There are no better opportunities in the world than in America. In most cases, the poor do it to themselves by becoming too dependent on welfare and other government handouts.

I get tired of hearing liberals whine about the unfair taxes placed upon the lower class. I can tell you I make about $200,000/yr. and I've never paid more taxes in my life. It's outrageous!

As evidenced from some of the answers given below, the solution according to the liberals is to convert our socio-economic principles into a fascist or socialist system similar to communism. That's why I believe Democrats are the single biggest threat to our national sovereignty here in America.

Answer 2

In the 1950's the majority of taxes came from corporations. The rich had a 90% tax rate. Since that time the burden of taxation has been shifted to the middle class. Those are facts that the Republicans cannot refute. If we stop taxing the middle class as heavily more money would be circulated in the economy and everyone would benefit. You have to admit, when the CEO of a health care company gets a $1.7 billion bonus something is wrong with the way we are doing things now!

Answer 3

I believe that this is an issue which is highly volitile. The poor people want the rich to give them entitlements and bring them up to their level and at the same time bringing the rich down closer to them.

I believe that the poor people are in a situation in this country where they can correct this gap and rise above poverty. The key is education, the more you know the more you earn. Companies only pay you what you're worth. Why would a company pay you above minimum wage when you have no skills that require them to pay you more. Wal-mart can always get checkers and stockers, it's unskilled labor, what you need to do is gain a skill that is in demand, and that you can use to make yourself marketable. The poor are poor because they do not make themselves marketable, they collect welfare but do not learn a skill or trade. In america, all it takes is a will and effort and you can become middle class or higher.

Answer 4

Inequality is not a problem if people have basic needs met like healthcare, housing, transportation, food, education. After those needs are met then inequality issuse become more a class warfare that is wrong.
I care about the poor people a lot, but taxing the corporation is wrong because they will take capital and knowhow elsewhere.

The rich and poor gap in wages has widen, but also the poor own more cars, tvs, dvd, computers than ever before the purchrasing power outside of housing, healthcare has gone up for all income levels.
In the 1950s the average house built was 1200 sq ft now its 3000 sq ft, and city zoning laws make it impossible to profit on small homes.
Afforable housing to me means higher house prices for all income earners because the goverment is a favor factory to the wealthest, and poorest taxpayers, in reality the middle gets screwed on local taxes.

Its better to have a wage gap of 20,000 to 200 billion than 6,000 to 3 million. Inequality grows it doenst not mean the poor left behind most times it means the poor is actually better off over time. Fair tax would be good idea by republican because it takes the lobbyists out of writing looppoles. Realize most corporate meeting is how to meet oligations, and that creates wasted time for all people. USA is ranked 62nd in paying taxes it takes 200 billion dollars to collect a trillion dollars. The need is for comsumption based taxes that business collect off comsumers, so more collection efficency can be achieved by the goverment, and make the economy more efficent. Im a Liberal Republican, but I economically wage gaps has not much to about well being of people because some will work harder, be more creative than others, and its not the goverments job to penalize talented people. Also, its not the goverments job to play favorites.

Democrats playing class warfare with wages doesnt address low income earner issuses. Personal respondiblity idea by some republicans doesnt address the issuse of people who fall on bad luck time to time.

Answer 5

Seems like in the last 6 months this concept has been heating up.

Like was written before:

Tax the rich...
Feed the poor...
'Til there are
no rich no more...

Basically if we extract from the rich to feed the poor.. we kill motivations for hard work. It is a very sore issue.

The rich who are getting nervous are starting to raise their voices about liberty, justice, freedom, and the right to prosper.. also the right to enslave others with minimum wage...

Truthfully it is all over but the crying.. someone is going to get their feelings hurt.

Rich being robbed.. or poor given the foot in the face.. what will it be?

There is no easy answer to the equation.

Answer 6

The huge gap between the rich and the poor in this country is called "the middle class" and it makes up the largest portion of the income distribution in this country.

The economy however doesn not provide stability for such a class. While programs exist to help those tred water when below the poverty line, and those who are above the wealthy line (over 100k a year) can survive without aid, the middle class honestly cannot succeed. survive yes, prosper and stay ahead... no.

Which is why we ran into such a large problem with backrupcy recently, it was simply easier to get help from teh government and to survive if you could fall below the poverty line.

There isnt a shrinking middle class... the economy, governemt and times simply dont benefit us.

Answer 7

The gap is really a gap of opportunities, educational, access to careers and paths that can earn higher incomes.

Not whether people have DVD's or cars...

Taxing corporations just drives jobs away and causes prices to rise as the consumer pays the tax in the end - it taxes the growth of productive capital which is reinvested to generate goods and services.

Tax should be levvyed on individuals or idle ownership of land and property.

Immigration in huge numbers also expands the bottom skilled labour pool and causes incomes and wages to drop. As each immigrant uses services and goods like education and healthcare, his cheaper labour results in no overall gain for the economy as taxes and government increase.

Answer 8

the hollow between wealthy and damaging will constantly boost. If everone in the country had a similar pay upward push, those on the proper could get lots greater suitable than those on the backside. the reality that the wealthy additionally make the main tax loopholes advise they get even wealthier, alongside with the reality that the wealthy human beings on the boards of many companies set their own wages is yet another. Governments could make a stand via having a suitable earnings for anybody working in a state industry. it somewhat is often struck me as insane that we pay heads of state industry, who run one company, greater suitable than we pay the PM who runs the country. The governments excuse is that we could pay to get the terrific, yet whilst the bankers who have been to blame for the international recession are the terrific, then God help us all. i could faster have somebody in fee of the banks who had no longer basically the banks interests, however the international locations interests at coronary heart and weren't doing it basically for the fat salary packet and the bonuses.

Answer 9

I don't see how its a problem. The rich don't get that way by making other people poor. That idea is as ridiculous as saying the educated get that way by making others ignorant. Or hard working people get rich at the expense of the lazy.

Ultimately if you try to correct a non-problem you will create a real problem. If you attempt to equalize outcomes you eliminate the incentive to produce, and without production there is no wealth to re-distribute. You may succeed in making everyone equal but you'll wind up with everyone equally miseriable. Congradulations.

Answer 10

1.This is definately a serious issue. Think about it there are homeless people or people in the ghetto and you have billionaires like Bill Gates that can spend thousands of dollars each day fo 87 years and still be extremely wealthy. So you tell me this is not an injustice in american society.
2.What would you do about the injustice in the distribution of wealth in American?
3.I would place this in economics
4. I would add that this country is the richest in the world and the rate of poverty in America.
I would tax the rich heavily so that we can enough money for everyone.