Emphasis Preaching Journal

Racial and gender imbalances continue to plague our nation. Women reportedly only make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes in the same job. As recently as 2011, blacks only made 63% the salaries of whites. Since the Reagan era, life has not been good for the poor and middle class. Income for the top 20% has increased while income for the bottom 80% has declined. In the 1970s the top 1% owned 8% of the total income, while in 2012 they received 18%. Meanwhile the bottom 20% of Americans lost 30% of what they were making in the late 1970s.