Non map test may be tomorrow. After that we finished the Discussion topics based off of income inequality.
Notes:
4 things that Obama can't do about Income Inequality-
can't get anything to happen because of congress
Winning the lottery, born to wealth, you'll be wealthy, born to poverty, will be poor. Hardly ever changes
College tuition, very expensive. hard for lower class to move up.
Marriage- easier for a lower class female, to marry and wealthy male. (earlier in time) girls back then only got a high school education, while the males get a college education. the females could marry up.
7 ways that we can Improve our income inequality in U.S.-
break down social barriers- we need to communicate with others. mix the rich and poor social gap.
Unify public schools- better education for underprivileged kids. allow scholarships to inner city kids, they are given bad conditions
raise minimum wage- to 1960's level
tax the rich more, and tax the middle and low class less-
give workers a voice in their companies- let the people below the totem pole have a voice in what they want. (better chances of power in numbers) for example, if a random employee wants a raise, and he has 100 employee's on his side, it will most likely happen.
give money to the poor- welfare, child support.
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