Sociology of Income Tax

The current financial crisis in America has cost taxpayers and the average worker much more than it has the excessively paid CEOs guilty of mismanagement and corruption at underperforming firms. The conflict theory of sociology best describes this social problem. Conflict theory is based on the premise that social problems are the result of limited resources in society and different groups with different power vying for those resources. This leads to issues like corruption among top CEOs, who profit from exploiting the work and pensions of workers. The wealthy control society and its institutions. Therefore the wealthy, powerful CEOs control law enforcement and legislators more than the poor. As one sociologist says of conf

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