The Gap

There are many wealthy communities that have, of course the wealthy people, and the penniless people. No matter what community this is in, the gap seems to be getting bigger. But why does this gap seem to be getting immensely huge? Some say the poor are just asking for handouts and some say the rich need to give more advice to those that want to achieve a wealthy status.

Some of poor get to where they are for a reason. Like Kathleen Krantz who became homeless after divorcing in this article. “Because I was a wife and did not work, and did not build my Social Security because I thought I would be married still, I ended up with a very mere $288 in Social Security benefits.” Before the divorce, she did not work. Therefore, without her working, it was crucial to act upon her social security.

Some think that all of the prospering people are jerks and are greedy. And they say that the rich need to be more helpful towards the poor. Some of the rich receive their wealth by inheriting it through family members or others. And some of the rich become wealthy by building from the ground up. They start a small business and then they progress into what their business will be. Successful or unfortunate.

The gap between the rich and the poor is growing as we speak. However we should not be pointing fingers at each other, we only have ourselves to blame. We need to be more independent.