What really bothers me about this is that there are so many families in America struggling to find a home. I think that this is embarrassing for America. The gap is getting out of control. Who really needs all this money?
I know what many people reading this post are going to say, that living in the area that I live in with the opportunities that I have that I really have no right to complain, and I don't. But I don't want to live in a country that encourages their people to strive to change their economic position when it seems nearly impossible.
I think that something I have learned in American Studies this year is that many people like to deny the lack of freedom we have in our country. Relating to this blogpost, I think that many people are't aware of the fact that there is basically no social mobility in America. When someone ends up in a lower class, people "above" them like to claim that they did not work hard enough to move. But after a year in this class I know that that is most likely not the case. People need to forget the idea that it is all about personal drive. Rather, things like connections and opportunities given to you based on your natural social status affect where you land in this country.
