Economic Inequality, The Real Problem.

In the Ted talk video Richard Wilkinson spoke about economic inequalities. First off, Wilkinson demonstrates some graph illustrating different countries and how they are affected by Infant Mortality rates (IMRs), Life expectancy, Imprisonment and various other topics. Wilkinson argues that all these problems are correlated to one simple thing, economic inequality. I agree with Wilkinson, the bigger that gap between people the more problems it is going to have. If more people were equal they would have the same opportunities in life. But when they are so far apart people are not going to be equal in any way. If a person is poor she will get subsidies, and if she has children she will have more subsidies. Another way to see is if someone can’t buy something because they don’t make enough money, they are going to steal, making the crime rate go up and the imprisonment go up. Exactly like Wilkinson had shared. From what I said people might argue that I want a society where people make the same amount of money, which is not true. I do not believe that economic equality will ever be achieved. I don’t believe it will be achieved because people are lazy people want others to make them rich and only a few handful actually work hard to get the economic status they want to achieve. Japan is a great example when it comes to economic inequality because it goes against it. Japan has the smallest gap between the rich and the poor and it is because everyone works hard. Everyone has something to do and achieve. Even when they do not have the resources for it. Coming up with solutions is not easy, and economic inequality causes multiple problems in our society today, but the only way for it to go away is for the people to stop depending and others and actually go out and do things. Start a product, sell furniture, anything that will minimize that gap.