{"id":12755,"date":"2026-03-02T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/?p=12755"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:59:15","slug":"discussion-board-5-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/2026\/03\/02\/discussion-board-5-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Board 5.3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Which statistic on wealth inequality in the US (discussed on p. 29) made the biggest impression on you? Explain why?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statistic that made the biggest impression on me was how a very small percentage of Americans own a huge portion of the country\u2019s wealth. It\u2019s surprising that the top 1% has more wealth than the entire bottom half of the population combined. This means millions of people together have less than a small group at the top. This shows how horrible the inequality in wealth is, with wealth concentrated in very few hands. It feels unfair when I think about how many people work hard every day and yet still struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What could be some of the implications of living in a society that has such huge wealth inequalities? Do you see this dynamic getting played out in everyday life in our society? How so? Example?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wealth inequality can affect many things. People at the top can influence elections and political decisions because they have more money.As a student in early childhood education, I notice how this impacts schools. Schools in richer neighborhoods usually get better funding, more supplies, and extra support.In lower-income areas, schools often don\u2019t have enough money, classes are crowded, and teachers have fewer resources.This makes it harder for children to succeed and grow.I\u2019ve seen families struggle with higher rent and childcare costs while wages barely increase, so salaries don\u2019t keep up with inflation. Because of this, wealth inequality affects children, families, and the quality of education and care they get every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The statistic that made the biggest impression on me was how a very small percentage of Americans own a huge portion of the country\u2019s wealth. It\u2019s surprising that the top 1% has more wealth than the entire bottom half of the population combined. This means millions of people together have less than a small group&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-board-5-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12756,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12755\/revisions\/12756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0504-spring-2026-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}