Today four men in the USA own more wealth than the bottom half of America’s population. Very soon, they will not just be multi-billionaires, they will be trillionaires. And, thanks to them, you are having to choose between buying food and t-shirts this month or buying textbooks. That is obscene income disparity, income inequality! Having fallen for Reaganomics propaganda, your parents just tell you to believe in yourself, work hard and kiss the ass of the wealthy. What else can they say? BTW, there are ways to increase your income when you are young that no one teaches you. The wealthy do not want you to know them. I will explain them this later in my blog lessons.
However, by design, you must know that most of your parents' finances are already stretched way too thin. There will not be enough left over to support them in their old age. How many of you know some old person who had to sell their home for end-of-life care? The GOP are calling old people who get Social Security and Medicare freeloaders, too. In fact, the only ones freeloading off the state are corporations and billionaires who get hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars, of government subsidies and tax breaks. They love that government money, your money. They hate socialism for you, but they love corporate socialism for themselves.
Human rights, civil rights, women's rights, gay and lesbian rights, workers' rights, students' rights activists and movements all share this one income inequality problem and they need to fight to resolve this problem together. All of their other problems regarding equality and fairness will not be resolved because they don't have the resources to resolve them.. The Supreme 'Court is now corrupt and useless. Justice is no longer their game. Moset of us are too busy surviving to make a concerted consistent effort to advocate for our civil or human rights.
Money talks in this capitalist society. Money. You can either pay it or withhold it. You need money to pay it. You don't need money to withhold it. To corporations, withholding money is the same as not paying, so they "generously" give you loans, which is even better for them because you are now paying twice for the things you buy. Who's the lucky dog with those loans, you or them?
So, no, despite what people tell you and what you see on social media, for 98 percent of you Americans, working hard will not make you rich. The system is rigged against you. Do not despare. All is not lost. I will later discuss how you can achieve better financial freedom and how you can exert your power to achieve a more just society.
The USA, the richest country on Earth, is the only one of the developed nations on Earth to NOT have universal health insurance, and it has the highest medical costs in the world. The average American family cannot afford a trip to a hospital emergency ward. Nor can they afford their end-of-life care.
OBSCENE INCOME INEQUALITY BY DESIGN!