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Sucess
- Defined as: Wealth, respect, a good job & family, a house in suburbs...
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The strain of the American Dream
Not everyone has equal access to education & job
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Social stratification
Opportunities are differentially distributed throughout society
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Social stratification is a system whcih ranks ppl in a hierarcy
- * Not individual ineptitude or effort.
- * Social mobility - changing positions in hierarch
- * Involves not just inequality abut beliefs
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U.S. Class Distribution:
- Capitalis (1%) $500K & up
- Lowr rich (4%) 250K
- Upper- Mid Class (11%) 90-150K
- Lower Middle class (32%) 35-75K
- Working class (32%) 16-30K
- Working poor (13%) 10-20K
- Underclass (7%) under 10K
- ** 2009 median annual household income was $50,832
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Social class in the United States:
- US has largest gap btwn the rich & poor
- A family of 4 making $36,800 does not have enough to provide for basic necessities
- Federal poverty rate is $18,400 for 4 ppl
- Burdens of poverty falls most heavily on children (35% of poor in US are children)
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Walmart
- Worlds largest retailer, food seller, and pharmacy
- Worlds largest public Corporation
- Worlds largest private employer
- 38% have health insurance
- Avrg hr wage: $8.23 vs union wage: $11.35
- 65% of workforce are women
- 67% of Management are men
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Walmart & Communities:
For a 200 employee store, the federal gov't is spending:
- $108K a yr for children healthcare
- $125K a yr in tax credit ded
- $42K a yr in housing assistance
- On avrg gov't adds upto $420K a yr for Federal Tax payers per store.
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