Power and Classism The US tax, justice, economic, and political systems are just a few of the systems in place that support the wealthy people in America. The have the privilege of owning almost all of the wealth in the United States. According to statistics in the article, Imagine a Country, the top one percent actually owns the same amount of wealth as the bottom 95% (Imagine #88). This is no accident. The wealthy people are rich …
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…find them housing. She points out there are many able bodied women who can work but jobs don't pay enough to live on. The true story of woman in the Article the The Fall that hid her homelessness from people and continued to work while she was homeless is a prime example that homelessness for many people is a consequence of the hi! gh rents and low paying jobs that plague our economy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**