What steps should the citizens and government of the United States take to address these inequalities? Serious answers only
2007-04-16 17:20:03 · 7 answers · asked by in_TIM_idation 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The haves and the have nots is the biggest problem today, as it continues to escalate out of control.
2007-04-16 17:27:07 · answer #1 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whichever inequalities you choose it must be undertstood that it is never difficult to identify them, only to do something about them.
Take racial inequality. Blacks families actually gained more ground in the 40s to the 60s than they have after the civil rights acts. Policy was obviously not the issue here.
Income inequality on the whole has increased, but was has been never mentioned is that while the rich are getting richer faster, we down here in the middle class are still getting wealthier, just not as fast as the rich are getting richer. thankfully the pie of the economy can grow (in spite of what some may say, others do not always have stuff directly because others do not) Income inequality is another issue that policies have tried to address, but have failed to do so with any reasonable degree of success.
Identifying inequalities is easy, it is actually doing anything about them that is difficult. It is important to have just processes then rather than try to create just outcomes. It is simply too complicated to try to eliminate the gross inequalities that exist all around the world.
2007-04-16 17:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Brent L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my guess would be the economic divide between the very rich & the very poor. not the polorized fronts but the middle man (or woman). there is no foreseeable solution to this 'problem' - well, maybe giving the mid-class people great tax breaks (poor are in subsidy & the rich can afford it). you want the govt to solve it? i think business & the working class people can solve it. what's that oldtime saying, that a 'govt governs best when it governs least'. so true!
2007-04-16 17:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by blackjack432001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The number of people who are eligible to vote and the number that do. The steps are basic, register to vote and vote.
The question was about American democracy not American society.
2007-04-16 17:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by cookienjanelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money earned - Money spent < 0
We need to increase the former (probably by tax increase.)
Decrease the latter (eliminate funding of the war in Iraq and farm subsidies.)
Make payments on the national debt, so our debt burden becomes lower and we can use more of our income.
I'm not a fan of faith based economics where you depend on a constant growth.
2007-04-16 17:22:52 · answer #5 · answered by Vegan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vegan has it right. The greatest inequality is money.
2007-04-16 17:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by Diggy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is intellectual property. Why are you coming here for free financial advice??
2007-04-16 17:22:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋