1003_Ind2_S1

Name: Emmanuel Hernandez

Instructions: Now that your group has decided on an issue, you must demonstrate that there is a problem. You will turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that you showed that there is a problem

I. There is a problem in society today. That problem is: That the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The rich have indeed gooten richer, poor Americans have not gooten poorer, but their income minimal at best. Causing the gap between rich and poor to grow much wider. A similar widenig has occured between those at hte top of the income scale and those in the middle.

The minimim wage is the lowest wage that employer, by law, are allowerd to pay their employees; many belive that keeping the minimum wage apace with inflation allevate income inequality. Worker at the low end of the wage distribution get hammered when inflation eats into the value of a given wage floor. Over long periods of time the real minimum wage falls because the nominal rate is not automaticly adjusted for inflation.

II. Facts that demonstrate that there is a problem are: (Two articles and bibliography must be attached)
 * Gilbert, Geoffrey. "Income Inequality: Overview." In //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2006-. Accessed February 19, 2011. [].


 * Gilbert, Geoffrey. "minimum wage and inequality." In //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2006-. Accessed February 19, 2011. [].