Social unequally is a huge problem that needs to be fixed. Of the developed countries, the US has relatively low life expectancies, and high violence rates, mental illness, teen pregnancies, violence, drug use, and many other issues. In the article Want a Good Life? Your Neighbors Need it, Too, these issues are compared with incomes in different societies. It was found that “The psychosocial effects of inequality affect the quality of human relationships” (Jarvis, 3). The US would be much better off if the government could manage, at least on some level, the salaries of it’s citizens. It is ridiculous how some people can make so much more money than others who work just as hard!





I have never had a problem getting good healthcare myself, so I never realized how big of a problem healthcare really is in the US until fairly recently. The healthcare system in the US “is superb for people who can afford it, but falls woefully short for those who cannot” (Eitzen, 145). It makes me quite sad that people cannot get the health care that they need and deserve, and it is a big social problem in the US. I believe that Obama’s new healthcare plan is a huge step in the right direction for improving the system. Many of my family members and friends, from all different situations, support the healthcare bill. Action has been taken on the social problem of healthcare, which is hopefully not going to be much of a problem in the years to come.