Biller Maher on Wealth Inequality

Bill Maher discusses the wealth inequality in American in terms of a new show by ABC called secret millionaire. This new show has the C.E.O go under cover in there own companies to act as a employee. The C.E.O eventually exposes himself to his employees and ends up showering them with money and gifts as compensation for the jobs they have to do. Bill Maher points out the the wealthy in the united states are continuing to benefit from the poor. Bill Maher's clip on wealth inequality is extremely relevant to the U.S society in that he points out that the working class want to strive to do better but are kept down by the wealthy who ultimately are the only ones benefiting from the inequatily.

This video discusses how many mexican women will cross the border illegally to have their babies in American hospitals so they can automatically receive citizenship (14th amendment to U.S. born children). This women had a c-sections which would cost an american citizen $4,700 dollars, however, for her it was free. This video was taken at a McAllen hospital where they estimate that 40% of patients are illegal immigrants. The up roar over Americans having to foot the bill for these costly procedures and how that is effecting our own pockets with $300,000 babies being born each year illegally is understandable. The line that get's me is from Texas Rep. Lamar Smith. "It seems fundamentally wrong that we out to give the greatest honor our country can bestow, citizenship, to a child who's only connection to this country is that his mother came across the border illegally." This makes me wonder how Mr. Smith was able to earn his citizenship or did he forget that everyone is an illegal immigrant to the United States unless your native american.