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Originally posted by Smartypants
Let me rewind for a second. Aside from what I said about getting into college, the main question I was trying to bring awareness to was: Why should others be held accountable for the fact that you could not get a formal education? THAT's what I really want to know. Yes, there may be financial barriers that keep your from attaining a college degree, but at the end of the day, that's not anybody else's problem. It's not Mariah Carey's, it's not Dolly Parton's problem, nor should it be the problem of the millions of Americans who have their checks cut for food stamps. |
So basically, you want the US to not provide a system of Socialism?
Which is the exact reason why the US is one of the most unequal countries in the world, on the level of 3rd World countries.
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Based on the Gini index, income inequality increased by 1.6 percent between 2010 and 2011; this represents the first time the Gini index has shown an annual increase since 1993, the earliest year available for comparable measures of income inequality. The Gini index was 0.477 in 2011. (The Gini index is a measure of household income inequality; zero represents perfect income equality and 1 perfect inequality.)
Income inequality also increased between 2010 and 2011 when measured by shares of aggregate household income received by quintiles. The aggregate share of income declined for the middle and fourth quintiles. The share of aggregate income increased 1.6 percent for the highest quintile and within the highest quintile, the share of aggregate income for the top 5 percent increased 4.9 percent. The changes in the shares of aggregate income for the lowest two quintiles were not statistically significant.
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Also lets take into account that the poorer you are the less opportunities you have the US. If you are poor, you won't get access to a proper diet, schools, and more likely to be involved in crime. To get into a good school you need good grades, and test scores. If a person is poor how will they get the proper access to these things? its common knowledge that inner cities schools are the pits. People who have access to private schools are better off in terms of success. So you mean to tell me the government can't use the tax money to better the country? No wonder why the US has one of the worst education system in the world in comparison to other first world countries.
Did you also take into account how expensive school books are, food, room and board. travel expenses. If a person is poor tell me how will they afford to send their child to school? Its common knowledge that tuition costs are rising faster than the rate of inflation.
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