Manufacturing has long-since hightailed it to Central America. So what remains are the Services Industries - but they typically require some sort of post-secondary education. Income unfairness is largely a matter of educational level, or lack thereof. The higher your accomplished degree, the better income a graduate will obtain. Here are some "old figures" (2009) regarding who gets a post-secondary degree: *84% - High Income Families *67% - Middle Income Families *55% - Low Income Families And which of the above needs most that higher-level of education that they can obtain for a decently low cost - let's say no more than $500 a year! But that is nowhere near today's costs! See here: According to College Board, published tuition fees for 2018/19 at state colleges are an average of US$10,230 for state residents, and $26,290 for everyone else. This compares to an average of $35,830 at private non-profit colleges. So, where might a family at the Poverty Threshold of $26K (family of four) get that above funding today ... ?
AND THEN THERE'S THE MATTER OF VOTER TURNOUT By income level from here: If the poor don't vote in sufficient numbers they can do nothing about their plight of being poor ... !