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Historically , this difference in America is more tolerated than in most places worldwide ( Collins , 2012 ). For example , in a study in 2011 , found that highest one percent of households gained about 275 percent of the economic benefits after federal taxes over the course of nearly 30 years , from 1979 to 2007 ( CBO , 2011 ). In contrast to the 60 percent in the middle of America ' s income distribution who a gained not even 40 percent in the same period . The CBO study ( 2011 ) also concluded that since while taxes claim a greater share of income as people ' s income climb and transfers boost income for households of the lower-income bracket , lower incomes gain a more equal footing . However , in 2007 , while federal taxes and transfers reduced this disparity of income by 20 percent , this equalizing effect was larger in 1979 . Even though the top 1 percent made the largest gains , at the same time , only 42 percent of Americans view that inequality has increased in the previous 10 years ( Stiglitz , 2012 ). He described another study in which those studied a majority said the population ’ s top 5th of the income distribution had nearly of 60 percent of the wealth , in reality the top 5th holds roughly 85 percent of the wealth . Ideally , these respondents wanted the top 5th to have only 30 percent of the wealth , therefore , they recognize the inevitability of some inequality , but the reality is well beyond not only their ideals , but the harsh reality . While in recent years , it seems that Americans are starting to question the large difference between rich and poor during tough economic times ( See Norton & Ariely , 2011 ), at the same time , they are often opposed to policies to deal with this inequality ( Bartels , 2005 ). xxxv
Lakoff ’ s ( 2004 ) who gives credence to the power of framing . xxxvi
Ryan and Gamson ( 2006:14 ) articulate how injustice frames are used to consciously and unconsciously mobilize people as they hold a “ coherent set of symbols , images , and arguments , linking them through an underlying organizing idea that suggests what is essential – what consequences and values are at stake .” xxxvii
“ Jung felt that there were two kinds of dynamics operating in the psyche : cyclical and developmental . The cyclical processes Van Eenwyk ( 1997 ) refers to as the synchronic aspects of individuation , which he tells us “ constantly repeat themselves through the establishment of the tension of opposites , their resolution and the subsequent appearance of new tensions between the resolution and new possibilities ” ( p . 16 ).”
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