“Overpopulation is perhaps is the biggest problem facing us, and immigration is part of the problem, it has to be addressed” In the time of the Gilded Age there was a major increase in population, the increase in population created two types of groups; the lavish life and the other half’s known as the ones who lived in poverty. These two groups lived very different lives meaning they both had very different living conditions, but the two groups only had one equal opportunity in common, however, to this day there are still “other half’s” that still exist in the twenty-first century. The difference in these two groups was that one suffered and others experience a fancy live while others continue to struggle.

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the notion of great wealth as something available to all” Indicating that everyone is entitled to be successful. The rich had to work to be successful, “... had to work their way up” they had to work to be where they are in ordered to live their lavish lifestyle. Some chose to move up and others choose to stay where they are, while others continue to move as the others stay in the bottom. Those who choose to move up became wealthy and are known for having a lavish life but those who stayed in the bottom struggled.

To begin with, how the “Other half’s” exist in the twenty-first century is by classifying people into groups, “ It is made up of both long-term chronically poor and new working poor” In the twenty-first century there are two types of poor, the ones who work hard and manage to have their luxuries and the ones who do not work and never have what they need in order to live.
In conclusion, the Gospel of Wealth was a time when populations began taking over cities due to overpopulation, there was people who lived where squeezed into tenements while the rich lived a lavish life in the suburbs. To this day there are still “other half’s” that exist today, there are two types; those who work to try to afford their luxuries and living, but there's also others who do not work in order to sustain them self. Everyone is entitled to