Stopping Being The Land Of Opportunity Summary

It’s Hard to Make it in America: How the United States Stopped Being the Land of Opportunity is written by Lane Kenworthy and discusses many opinions and views on equal opportunities amongst all citizens. This article discusses how opportunity is not equal for everyone and that opportunity can positively or negatively affect someone's life turning them into someone who is successful or someone who has nothing and earns nothing. The audience for this article should be people who are politically aware of the issues that are discussed regarding equal opportunity amongst everyone and for someone who is interested in the topic of opportunity and how it can affect someone’s life. This article was very informative and sparked my interest on this issue and made me realize how the opportunities I was faced with shaped me
Having a family where the parents have great income and allow their children to have as many opportunities as they can offer will be beneficial in the long run because it sets them up for success but what about the lower income families that idea does not involve them. For the families who have a low income and bring children into the world are already starting their child’s life off poorly and not allowing them to see how different their life would be with a higher income. I think the government should be involved with the lower income families not necessarily giving them money but should at least help parents get on their feet and find jobs that can be beneficial to themselves and their children because a new born baby don’t ask to be brought into a family where opportunity is