SincereFinest
disgusting, overrated, pointless
Solidrariol
Am I Missing Something?
Taraparain
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Parker Lewis
When I saw this in the in flight magazine, I wondered whether I could enjoy this movie, which came across as rather academic and dry.I was wrong big time. What a compelling movie. I only wish it could have gone on longer or even form part of a series of movies, a sequel or two would benefit in getting the message across to the masses that we need to understand the consequences of the 1% becoming more and more unequal.Robert Reich, who was Labor Secretary in the Bill Clinton Cabinet, is a top notch communicator and he's also entertaining in getting his message across in a clear-cut way.
Danny Blankenship
The film "Inequality for All" is thought provoking and revealing with truth that shows and proves that being a middle class American is becoming harder and harder as the gap of when it comes to incomes and keeping up with the rich is no contest. As most Americans can relate to it as it's harder and harder with the rising cost of stuff to keep money in your pocket from payday to payday as many stated in interviews during this picture that they don't even have much money in their own bank accounts! Narrated and done by Robert Reich the man who was a former U.S. Labor secretary and Clinton cabinet member who's now a professor and best selling author tells it like it is in terms of America's widening income gap upon the middle class. This film is well done thru Reich's speech among his class and with interviews from the middle class and even rich people while showing data, graphs, charts, figures and stats to support how the income gap has came over the years. And footage is shown to support this involving political leaders and wall street choices. Robert even gives his thoughts which is supported with footage as to the cause of the decline of middle incomes and just to name a few they include the decline of labor unions, and how the world of technology has exploded, plus as rich people say they don't spend a lot of money and as shown and said were in a world of outsourcing and global trade that hurts the middle guy. And with politics and elections money is the name of the game the rich guys have the final say as with a torched democracy the middle people have no say. And education costs have risen and the average man can't make the cost to get educated. Overall this film stands up and makes a case for the middle people as Robert proves they are on the short end of the stick as the average American knows the income gap inequality is our nation's biggest problem as the rich get richer.
intelearts
Great documentaries should show us a truth about our lives. Inequality does that. It basically says a fact: 400 individuals own half of all the available income in America, that America has never in its history, according to all available data, has never, been wealthier, and yet, taken as a whole Americans have never been poorer. So if all you want is a decent job, a house, a car, and a holiday, a chance to save for your children. Forget it. Inequality simply says that what was a given until the end of the 1970s is gone. You cannot win, you cannot get that simple life - full stop. One of its better facts: in 1979 a meat packer was $45K, now nearly 40 years later, that job, despite house prices going up 10 times, is now $24K a year (and no benefits). The removal of the unions is the single biggest factor - at one time 33% of all Americans were in unions, now almost no-one has that protection and clout to negotiate left. Instead wages are squeezed to the pit where two jobs are worth less than one was. Anyway you watch it and you decide.
ericnottelling
I sat down and watched this doc hoping to hear something more than typical liberal talking points. However that hope was soon dashed. If you want a feel good liberal spin of the poor and inequality than this movie is for you. If you want an honest look about the truth of inequality in this country you will leave this doc empty handed. Robert Reich tries to tie in a slew of liberal talking points together all to blame inequality on republicans with an attempted smokescreen of blaming both parties. Toward the end he stems into the occupy and tea party stances of taking the money out of politics but fails to really point blame at the democrats themselves for being there to actually accept it instead of turning it down. Instead he just blames the rich. This is a straight forward bias approach to economics as one can see. The claim that the bill clinton era economy was a strong US economy is laughable as clinton's policies (the community reinvestment act expansion) were the very roots of the cause of the economic collapse. In general the movie is a classic piece of capitalism. Don't worry about solving problems and looking at the truth, just produce what sells. The truth is there is enough blame to go around. There are some ominous points made in the doc. One involving globalism. It is not hard to understand why globalism has brought down wages. More people willing to do a job, means you can find someone to do it for less. Yet he fails to see how women entering the work force had the same effect of keeping wages down by producing more human labor. Instead linking it to a need for women to go to work to increase income. One thing is certain, wages are stagnant and ceo and the rich are getting richer. But his solution is geared more toward a political class maintaining power than it is about actually solving these issues. Left off this video is important conversations about the FED, effects of taxation on the middle and how it prevents the middle class form raising up and growing. Also left off is any real conversation about why college tuition has skyrocketed inline with the amount of money the government is willing to loan students. Also left out is how corruption in higher education and government policies for things like licenses and certification are closing out large parts of the population to employment in every protectionism schemes. There is room for a real conversation on this subject, however this doc isn't it.
