y pursue a higher education to get better jobs, to create a business, and we all benefit from that. An article, The Truth About Income Inequality by John H. Hinderaker and Scott W. Johnson, which is based completely on statistics from the government*, proves that income has not fallen for Americans. In fact, the distribution of income is no worse than it has ever been, and certainly better than when the country was first being settled. Without unequal distribution and rewards for those who pursue a higher income, people would have little reason to work and the economy would become stagnant.Income inequality was a large reason why people immigrated here in the 1800’s. Their countries were becoming too segregated by classification of income. Now this country is becoming more of what those people fled from over a hundred years ago. Moreover, many companies are now moving their production overseas and taking away the very jobs and opportunities that looked so attractive to the American immigrants. Back in America, some companies hire illegal aliens at low wages, which creates a larger lower class. As of 1996, illegal aliens made up 7% of the nations workforce*. We need to keep this country from becoming like those socially segregated countries that people emigrated from in the past. Many large firms make a lot of money, but there is no trickle down effect. The few on top make most of the money while the average worker does much of the work. According to the real annual income of Americans, about 95% of the benefits of economic growth over the last 25 years have gone to the rich*. Should not the hard worker on the bottom get more? These firms are controlling because they only give out as much as necessary to keep the workers employed. Many of these same firms have companies in other industries, such as entertainment or retail, and a lot of the money they pay out comes back to them through these other industries. In additi...
