# Is income inequality bad for a society?

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**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [December 14, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-income-inequality-bad-for-a-society/606170 "2011-12-14T15:12:14Z")
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### Author: ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-income-inequality-bad-for-a-society/606170/26 "2011-12-14T18:53:00Z")

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No, income inequality is not bad for society. Anyone can perform unskilled labor, so it pays low wages. Not everyone perform skilled labor so those fields pay better. This is natural, and the way things should be. The way to improve one’s lot in life is to acquire more marketable skills, and there is ample opportunity to do so. There is no guarantee of success.

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