We are all boats, it just depends on the type of boat and how well it is built. This is the structure of Reich's essay, which uses many metaphors to explain what is really happening in the United States. He says we were all in the same boat, now we are in different boats, some are sinking, some are about to sink and other boats are doing well and looking for an upgrade. “It's a game that makes lower-middle-class people with declining living standards comfortable, as long as they can be made to believe that some rich kid somewhere is suffering worse than them.” (Hayward) Having money is like a game: you're not rich or poor, it's how you think about your life. If you are happy it shouldn't matter how much money. One of the biggest differences between the two groups of rich and poor people is the type of work they do. You don't see too many millionaires getting their hands dirty working in the fields, in construction, and doing the dirty jobs that no one wants. Reich even states in his essay that the rich are the ones who create, while the poor are the ones who do manual labor. “Most poverty in the United States is artificially produced. It is poverty created in the pursuit of “free market ideals.” (Davidson) In this case the people who work shifts don't have time to worry about how the stock market is doing, but they think they have to measure up to the people who have money, so they pretend to be someone they are not. Another important factor is their attitude: the poor work hard and never give up on common sense while the rich are not afraid to throw anything away and make people do the dirty work. However, if poverty is defined in a relative sense, the lowest fifth of income-earners, "poverty" will always be with us. It doesn't matter how poverty is defined, if I were an unborn spirit, condemned to a life of poverty." (Williams) Reich always says that money is relative and depends on your mindset, not how you compare to everyone else. This is correct because there will always be someone who doesn't earn much and someone who has to do jobs that no one wants. The situation will probably get worse unless the government imposes a protocol on some kind of tax or has to donate money to keep the company running smoothly. As with any sporting endeavor, there will always be someone who finishes on top, it just depends on how hard you want to work for it. Someone has to be on top and someone has to be in