Jamie Johnson's Backlash Summary

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Moreover, the documentary begins with Jamie Johnson exposing the backlash he receives from his father and family advisor about creating a film about wealth inequality. Then, Johnson uses this backlash as an introduction to his argument of how the increasing wealth disparity is damaging to the lower class and America’s progress to having a fair economy as a whole. By using his family’s name, Johnson gives his audience access to several intriguing interviews that gives insight on the topics of the trickle-down effect, gentrification, how the wealthy have direct influence on politics, and tax reform. Johnson compiles all of these issues into one theory of why the wealth gap could be corrected with a more progressive tax reform, and at the same