As our economy grows and becomes more productive as well as more prosperous, it is evident that the profits only benefit a few people. The middle and lower classes seem to be the victims in America’s magnifying wealth-gap. Wealth is the abidance of valuable possessions as well as of money. The wealth-gap is the difference in income and prosperity between the rich and the poor. Our wealth-gap widens due to taxation differences, investment differences …showed first 75 words of 1347 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1347 total…manufacturing companies cutting back on expenses and spending. This leaving the rich wealthier and the poor more poverty-stricken. Bibliography Work Cited Jacobus, Lee A. A World of Ideas. Boston: Bedford, 1998 Galbraith, John. “The Position of Poverty” A World of Ideas. ED Lee A.Jacobus. Boston: Bedford,1998 Hausman, Tate. “Booming Economy Benefits the Rich, Busts the Rest”. San Franciso: Alter. Org,1999 Cohen,GeorgeD. “America’s Obsession with Wealth”. The Christian Science Publishing Society. (Oct 7, 1999): oneline. Internet.