Everthing is brought in from outside our boarders and it's EVERTHING! Big ticket items and Walmart junk. So who has the control in a situation like that? The working class have little or no choise but to depend on this stuff, while the rich don't need any of it at all. I'm seeing the rich prospering so much off of the middle class that they seem to not even want us around anymore. If imports can do us in as a major part of society, that will make America the land of the RICH - ONLY! Only a sellect few to service the machine they create will be privilaged enough to stay, only to oil the sqweeky wheels. Will Government become even more like Corporation? Not a democracy, but a utility for the benefit of the richest only? It saddens me to say, I've seen this exact thing taking place in the work place at every job I have ever had. SO, WHAT'S MY PROBLEM? Is it only me?
2007-09-22 21:03:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
It is not only you. Most families now have two incomes just to get by. The real median wage has been nearly constant for the last 30 years and most if the economic gains have gone to the top 20%and the top 1% have done even better. At the same time necessities such as gas and food have seen price increases faster than general inflation, and the smaller your income the larger percentage is spent on necessities. The personal solution is to work hard and get an education so you can join the people in the top 20%. However this can not be the solution for everyone, because 80% of the people can not be in the top 20%. See the income distribution for US households at
http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2006/11/05/2005-us-income-distribution/
2007-09-23 01:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Justification for a higher education.
2007-09-23 04:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋