Inequality In The Declaration Of Independence

Thomas Jefferson, one of our founding fathers and renowned philosopher, envisioned all American citizens with equal rights, Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. The unalienable right of Pursuit of Happiness can be defined as the right to prosper and thrive in the time Jefferson had written the Declaration of Independence. From the time of the liberation of the colonies to present day, there has been an inequality in the ability to pursuit happiness, whether it was because of how much money one possessed, which race or gender one belonged to, or even which religion you wished to practice. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, he says “freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” meaning that Martin Luther King Jr. suffered because the African American minority had tried to waited for their freedom rather than demand freedom from oppressors. The people who are being limited to their access to pursuit their own happiness, must fight to those who are restraining
Advocates of this ideology say taxing the wealthy will make them unhappy with the country and will make them emigrate to a country with lower tax rate. Proponents of tax breaks say that when the affluent are given tax breaks the economy will prosper because the rich are more likely to spend. The tax break advocates say cutting the top tax rate will increase economic growth because when the wealthy spend their money, growth will occur in small businesses, which in turn causes wage growth, income growth as well as job creation. The advocates say that this all increases the tax revenue for the government in the end, so cutting taxes for the rich is the long term solution to the inequality between the lower class and upper