The Year Of Change

There is a huge gap today between the rich and the poor, and in Obama's State of the Union Speech he announced that this year would be "the year of change" and discussed attempting to reduce the income gap which many Americans (mostly Democrats) agreed with.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/05/poll-majority-of-americans-want-government-to-reduce-income-gap/

Overview of Article
This article discusses how about 6 out of 10 Americans, according to a national poll, believe that the government should try to reduce the income gap between the rich and the poor. During Obama's State of the Union speech, he announced that he would try to reduce this gap, after all it is "the year of change." This sounds like a great thing right? And it is, to Democrats, nine out of ten Democrats favored the change as well as two-thirds of independents but majority of Republicans disagreed. 
The opinion's on the income gap have not changed much over time; during Reagan's presidency, 68 percent of Americans favored the change, while today 66 percent still agree that reducing the income gap is necessary. Even people who earn higher incomes believe that the gap should be reduced. Surprisingly more women favor the issue as opposed to men; 70 percent of women are more likely to favor the change while  on 62 percent of men are likely favor the change.
"The CNN survey was conducted by ORC International from January 31 to February 2, with 1,010 adults nationwide questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points" (CNN)
How I Feel
I have mixed feelings about the change of the income gap, while it may help the economy to reduce the gap, the people who do earn high incomes worked hard for that and to decrease the gap may make them feel as if they are at a disadvantage
How is this relevant to Mrs. Ashley's Class?
During Mrs. Ashley's class we listened and discussed Obama's State of the Union Address which is discussed in the article. Also in chapter 1 of our text book it discussed how some people believe that social classes govern our country which is referred to in this article.