Summary Of It's Hard To Make It In America

The article “It’s Hard to Make It in America: How the United States Stopped Being the Land of Opportunity” by Lane Kenworthy provides an eye opening view on how the modern world has changed from the past and what kind of change it brought to the economy. I think this article was written for young Americans who are planning to start their own families to know the statistics on how their actions will affect them and the future generation involving their children. The article seemingly provides such a simple solution to decrease the gap between low income and higher class families, to grant more money to low-income families. But if this is the case, where is that money coming from, and how will it be regulated so it undoubtedly helps the future

She presents these facts, backed by studies conducted by other experts, and also presents historical evidence of other countries, such as Canada using this policy as a tool to increase adult earnings with mostly positive outcomes. The problem with the United States, as stated by Kenworthy, is that our program similar to these, the Child Tax Credit only distributes $1,000 a year per child, and the money cannot be receive if you haven't filled out a federal tax return. This demonstrates to the young peoples of America that you must earn and support for your family in a more than minimal way, as your success in life and within your career are reflected unto your kids subliminally. The author’s tone is very passive-aggressive when it comes to the thoughts on a family’s income, it places the blame on many factors in a child’s life: if their parents were married, if their parents got a degree, level of income. Furthermore, all these factors are indications of either growing up in a low income situation or a high income situation; and that is what it boils down to in the

So this would definitely lead to myself making the argument that if parents want their children to be successful; point them down the route of success and show them how you made it there. It is not likely a child will get there without proper guidance and a just role-model, so it is completely up to the adults of the future to lead their kids into achievement. The author seems to definitely agree with this theory by the way she directed the facts, and it was just not as an aggressive of a theory on why the income gap between low and high income families has grown. This article raises many theoretical issues for the country and its economy because it really tends to lean towards an even and fair economy for all families, meanwhile that would raise concerns about tax brackets, and also increase the chances of cheaper tuition for college granted by the government. These issues would arise because more people would be in the same situation making common hardships shared between every American family. This would make it a lot harder for every individual to get by, and force the citizens to unify and demand government reform and help from local governments. This would