How the rich are becoming richer

1. In Robert Reich's article, "Why the rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer" i most definitely agree with the fact that it shouldn't be okay just for the upper class to be benefiting more from business than that of the lower class. Reason being is because even though the upper class has more authority within the business itself, if it wasn't for the lower class their business wouldn't even be running , so don't you think they deserve the amount of pay that they put in to keep this business going?

Now in Mike Rose's article the, "Blue-Collar Brilliance", i totally disagree with the idea that a job that requires less schooling requires less intelligence, because whether jobs do or don't require as much schooling as the other they both are very much needed in our everyday lives as people. With either job they require training, studying and teaching from others, but just because one job doesn't require as much studying as the other doesn't mean there isn't any intelligence involved. For example,     both a doctor and a hairstylist  require different amounts of schooling. When becoming a doctor you are required a lot more schooling, because that requires the lives of peoples put into your hands so why would you want someone who hasn't been studying for years on what to do and how to do it during times when it could be life threatening. in comparison, a hairstylist doesn't need as much schooling because they just work with hair rather than a person's life. With every job there comes its own specific intelligence involved to do so. Although i do disagree with the fact that a job that requires less schooling requires less intelligence i do agree with Rose's point that certain jobs deserve more earning than the other. And even though both jobs require a certain intelligence they can't compare on the type of intelligence needed for the job. Take for instance my doctor and hairstylist example again, a doctor would deserve more earning than a hairstylist due to the fact that it has more stuff at stake than that of a hairstylist.

2. I think that both Reich and Rose would agree on the idea thats both the upper and lower class should be paid fairly since they both had to have some sort of schooling or intelligence in order to do what ever job it is that they are doing. But i do feel that Rose would have to disagree with Reich about how certain job should require fairly more earning than others even if both jobs require some type of intelligence. Reich feels that those who have jobs that are really needed amongst most people should get paid more, because not everyone can do that job.

Another blog about equality

1. If you read " Why the Rich are Getting Richer and Poor, Poorer," you would understand that Robert Riech was declaring the elite are the only one's benefiting from this economic collapse while the poor are suffering harder. I believe it's fair to say I'm 100% behind this idea due to the fact it's pretty obvious concerning the extreme power ultra-rich people have over their helpless workers.  I'm not talking rich  people like doctors, lawyers, etc; I'm referring to owners of multi-millionare company's and CEO's who are morally responsible to make sure their workers are thriving. Instead of helping out fellow American's who need jobs, these corrupt business millionare owners are benefiting from cheap labor from around the globe from Mexicans to the Chinese.



On " Blue Collar Brilliance", the author Mike Rose is bringing up the subject about the relationship between schooling and intelligence. I disagree with his ideas concerning how intelligence is not correlated with schooling. First of all, he is extremely biased because he gives examples from his mother and his uncle: obviously he is gonna try to make them look good since they are related. I personally worked as a server last year and I can guarantee you, ANYONE could be a server. However, a student who went to medical school after years & years of schooling is intelligently superior to most people because not everyone can do his job.




2. I believe Riech and Rose will both agree with each other concerning the value of the "bottom" class workers. Riech will probably argue that the "bottom" class workers are just as productive and meaningful as the CEO's to the company, and Rose will further add to that idea saying "bottom" class workers shouldn't even be looked down upon because they perform respectable, hard-working jobs.

The War on Poverty

Matthews, Dylan. “Everything You Need to Know About the War on Poverty.” The Washington Post. The Washington Post., 8 Jan. 2014. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.

Summary:

            In the article “Everything You Need to Know About the War on Poverty”, Dylan Matthews explains how the war on poverty started and how it has affected us today. The war on poverty started in Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, where he decided that we needed to get rid of the growing poverty in America. He did this by creating Medicare and Medicaid, expanding the benefits of Social Security, and also creating SNAP. The article then goes onto show how Johnson’s programs affected poverty in the long run. It turns out that every program has helped to decrease poverty in today’s world. Without these programs, poverty would have continued to increase since 1967, and if we want to continue to decrease poverty, then Matthews suggests that we continue to have the government create more programs to reduce poverty. To continue to reduce poverty to the government needs to raise minimum wage, cut down on the high marginal tax rates, and create more anti-poverty programs like Social Security.

Evaluation:

            The article was both authoritative and useful because it explained how the war on poverty has affected poverty from the beginning to the end. By using specific historical facts, the article helped to explain how welfare programs like Medicare and Medicaid came about. The charts that Matthews showed within the article helped to achieve a greater understanding of the war on poverty and how it is still affecting us today. They showed that since 1967, poverty has steadily decreased from 26% to 16%. This gives him greater authority because he has facts and proof to back up what he is saying. By using facts and statistics and not his own personal opinion, we tend to believe what he is saying more because he does not seem to be bias since he’s not really putting in his own opinions. He goes by specific historic events and the rate of change of poverty to show that the war on poverty has been working. His bias does seem to come out towards the end of the article when he states what the government should do to continue decreasing poverty, but he does it in such a subtle way that you tend to agree with what he is saying.  

declaring war against poverty

Matthews, Dylan. "Everything You Need to Know About the War on Poverty." The

Washington Post. Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2014. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.

Dylan Matthews Washington Post article, “Everything You Need to Know About the War on Poverty.” is about the start and progress of a war against poverty in the United States. The article begins with when and where the declaration of war took place. Lyndon Johnson announced it in 1964 at his state of the union speech. He proposed several acts such as the Food Stamp act. The article continues with several statistics on the effects of the multiple acts put in place. Finally the question of “Did it actually reduce poverty?” was answered, yes, based on the statistics found.

            The article, “Everything You Need to Know About the War on Poverty.” written by Dylan Matthews is useful because it gives the reader a complete view on what went into the war against poverty. Because of the uniqueness of a seemingly unbiased article, it allows readers to trust what Matthews is saying about the events. Matthews shows counter views about the affects of the war against poverty which continues to add credibility to his article.