Class System

Upon reviewing our classes class discussion this week, I believe the current class separation in the US requires a fundamental restructuring. While a class system may be necessary in order to reward hard work and diligence, it should in no way suppress those without the ability excel. The US should provide social services similar to that of Europe: free public health care, subsidized, if not free college tuition, and countless other programs for the general public. The current class system in the US seems to encourage selfish advances, assisting those in need is seen as secondary to ones own private advancement. The US currently has one of the lowest tax rates in the world, the result is severely underfunded public programs. Despite being the most wealthy country in the world, the US has a disturbingly high percentage of its population in poverty. Higher income and property taxes should be placed on those earning comfortable incomes. It would in no way be "punishing" the rich as it would provide a general benefit to society. Fundamental American values would have to be altered in order to provide such necessary changes, while such changes would have to be incremental, over time, significant change to the social services system may be achieved.