'Characterisics of the Gilded Age'

'... turpitude in politics, and the forever increasing penury of the lower class. numerous of the problems during the distinguished succession were thought to be disguised with a thin seem layer of gold. The kind conditions in the Gilded Age was criticized by two peculiar(a) people: atomic number 1 George and Walter Rauschenbusch. heat content George tackles the main problem of circulate and increase voiceless wealth, hardly at the expense of increased destitution and raw social conditions for workers. However, Walter Rauschenbusch has a more religious belief based climax to the social conditions.\n hydrogen George places high fury on judge and liberty. He believes the poverty which in the middle of abundance, pinches and embrues manpower, and in every(prenominal) tangled evils which flow from it, form from a defensive structure of justice (Foner 40). He argues that nature offers its resources and opportunities to all men but be set men sanction monopoliz ation and unlikeness in the statistical dissemination of natures resources, they are ignoring all the characteristics and requirements of true Justice. Henry Georges proffer to reform foul social conditions starts with the distribution of impart. His solution was the integrity appraise, which would replace some other taxes with a bill on increases in the value of genuine estate. The single tax would be so high that it would hamper speculation in both urban and rural inflict, and land would then lead available to shoot for businessmen and urban working men seeking to sound farmers (Foner 39). He presently mentions the Declaration of independence where he goes on to say that the infrangible rights mentioned are denied when the compeer right to land -- on which and by which men unsocial can receive -- is denied (Foner 40). Henry George as well believes that the main cause of poverty, political corruption, and ignorance starts with short distribution and entrance way to land. He also exp... '