Equality Is Only A Concept in America
We as American citizens are taught by the Declaration of Independence that "All men are created equal."(Irish, 748). [is this the ideal opening sentence?] Through this ideal, we infer that we each have an equal opportunity to live "The American Dream" by acquiring wealth and power by paying our dues and working hard. [P may want to excise "Equal" since the point of the paper is that there is no equality for American dream.] Unfortunately this is a myth. The majority of America's wealth is held by an elite upper class that exploits its workers and controls the government in order to protect and acquire more money for itself, [might want to break sentence up here]and because this elite is so unwilling to share its wealth, it is unrealistic for most Americans to have dreams of gaining large amounts of money or power unless some radical changes, many of which are ironically considered to be anti-American, occur. When discussing the huge differences between the wealthy and the rest of the population Marian Irish, author of The Politics of American Democracy, states that "American federalism has had devisive and seperative tendencies"(144). This is very true in our society because individ
2. Foerstel, Karen. "Interest Groups Seek Best Value for Copious Campaign Dollars." Congressional Quarterly Weekly. Pp. 32-35, 12/12/98. 1. Henslin, James. Society, A Down to Earth Approach. A Viacom Company. Needham Heights, Massachusetts, 1997. My grandfather [comma] along with millions of others never acquired wealth or power despite working harder than many of us can even imagine. For this reason it angers me to hear people such as Colin Powell make statements such as, "If you work hard, do the best you can, take advantage of every opportunity that's put in front of you, success will come your way."(Blue and Naden, 318), instead of admitting that when considering how our society is structured, they were extremely lucky to even be given an opportunity that could possibly lead to such power and prestige. [G Run-on. Break it into two sentences. May need slightly more source information to back your claim.] 5. Dalton, Harlon. "Horatio Alger." Rereading America 4th Edition. Ed. Colombo, Gary, Robet Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford Books, 1998. 320-326. ual goals are stressed instead of actions that would most benefit others. [Why? Source? Perhaps "This is" may not be the best way to start sentences.] Consequently, those who are able to acquire large amounts of success through the business world must be extremely focused on these individual goals.[Perhaps "Would" is better than "Must" here.] It is also in the best interest of them and their family to keep obtaining new wealth for future generations.[For is better than of]It is in their interest to get as much work out of their work force while paying them as little as possible, therefore making it extremely difficult (almost impossible)for members of the working class to become a member of this executive elite class. [G Run-on?] As a result the wealth of America is very unequally distributed. As a matter of fact, the upper one percent of the American population is so wealthy that it is worth more than the combination of the wealth of the entire lower ninety percent of the people (Henslin, 260). [P Semicolon?] This is appalling when taking into account that this one-percent of the population would have nothing without the working class that actually makes, sells, and buys the products from the companies that are owned by these elite capitalists. [No hyphen required]
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