Eleanor Oakman. Chapter 6, Question 6

Reading chapter six I was especially intrigued by what Wheelen said about how Americas economy is become more and more unequal.  One of the main points so many people came over seas to the new land (USA), was because of the economic opportunity and the equal potential everyone had regardless of their economic status. Now today "the rich get richer and the poor run in place, or get even poorer." The worse thing is, this is very true, there are everyday examples people see that support this statement. Like how high school dropouts who couldn't afford the tuition are getting paid less than their fellow coworkers who had graduated. I don't like this but in a way it makes sense. If you were to pick one of two job applicants for a position, you would go for the high school graduate rather than the dropout, because they seem more qualified. But what is so sad about the unequal opportunities is that, what if the high school dropout has better work ethic than the graduate, or turns out the graduate is an all around idiot!!