To celebrate our great country or not? That is the question.
I found this NY Times article today to ber very interesting regarding the fact that our country wants to admire it's accomplishments and success, yet economically we are suffering financially and with foreign matters. How can people have expectations to climb up the social ladder when they are not able to recieve the resources to do so. With the high number of unemployed Americans continuously growing and the external factors limiting the ability to live out of poverty, will the financial economic crisis ever end? Will American ever fully get out of debt? External factors explained in this article, such as corrupt neighborhoods influencing drop out rates or taxing the poor, are playing such an important role in our economy going in the opposite direction desired, down the social ladder. And what conclusion has been made to stop this direction our society is heading? None. Like Ms. Wilk said, “It’s all talk. There’s never any action.” ( Pollack, 2011). In conclusion the subtle question remains, do we celebrate Labor Day admiring our 'great countries' efforts to help impoverished communities, or do we accept the fact that our federal system has done no such action to help eliminate this problem and will they ever? Some may say yes, however, allowing more Americans to be put on Welfare has not influenced social justice. Ending the article, Pollack set up an interesting argument with his quote,"Its members can tell people to their faces whether America will really help them, and what kind of country we really are." (Pollack, 2011). So what kind of country do you think we are? Encouraging the need for social justice, or ignoring the agony and pain our fellow Americans are experiencing and only giving them so many resources to help them 'get by' with the minimal amount of help needed.
I agree with you and the NY Times article. Will America ever get out of debt? is a question I think everyone wants to know. It's hard for people or anyone to climb the social ladder when our country is experiencing a tough financial crisis. And it's hard for those who have always been ahead to stay ahead if their jobs are becoming less and less secure each hour. Welfare whether good or bad, will always be up for discussion because many believe no one deserves to be on welfare because of the hurting economy and others believe that the system is hard to get out of once you get in. I don't know whether or not social justice is being promoted in all areas of America but hopefully one day we can put the 'just' back into justice.
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