Why America

Once emerging as one of the strongest world powers, America soon plummeted down in a steady, spiraling decline. The United States used to be seen as an invincible, riveting country. Constantly attracting immigrants, ensuring a booming economy, and creating a new era of unity, America quickly became a steadfast melting pot for all. After its peak, decline soon followed behind nation wide. The main factors of this decay was the uneven distribution of wealth, outsourcing of jobs, and the lack of balance of trade. The uneven distribution of wealth has initiated an exceptionally large gap between the rich and poor. While the wealthy citizens continue to make money and build up their fortunes, many of their fellow American’s suffer. It was once a common American standard to help out your brothers, neighbors, and any one else in need. Now days, the people that prosper, hoard the capital they make instead of rebuilding the economy by cycling the currency throughout. Our country has been left with a shockingly increasing number of citizens jobless, bankrupt, and homeless. The stereotype of selfish Americans is coming to life while we aren’t helping to support our own fellow citizens. While the figure of jobless in the United States increases, the total count of jobs available in the nation decreases due to outsourcing of jobs to overseas countries that provide cheaper labor. All major corporations are continually looking for the easiest, cheapest, and quickest way to finish their products. These cheap sources of labor are currently coming from India and China. In a research performed on outsourcing by Working America, “Manufacturing employment collapsed from a high of 19.5 million workers in June 1979 to 11.5 workers in December 2009, a

drop of 8 million workers over 30 years.” The outsourcing has lead to an economic downfall that is never ending and damaging our economy to an extreme extent. The decrease of jobs and uneven distribution of wealth has led us