The social inequality in Colombia

In a world that we can find a lot of different products, services and benefits, we could guest that the people could obtain those goods and possessions, but the actual situation reveals that it is not like that. Not all the people have the same situation or payment to obtain those things and generally people who own many of these properties are part of a very small population. The social inequality is due to lack of goods and services to some sectors of population and the government does not provide enough opportunities for low-income families. 

On one hand, the inequality can show a lack of goods and services to some sector of the population. One example of this is the different salaries and payments in the society; you can find people that receive 10000 dollars and people that receive only 150 dollars. Besides this, the cost of products is very high and it is not accessible for all the people. To demonstrate this, we could see the prices of the houses; one apartment in Bogotá could cost 60000 dollars. The gasoline cost 3 dollars, but for the salary of a regular Colombian it is a lot of money. The amount in a good university could be between 1500 and 4500 dollars.  

On the other hand, the government does not provide enough opportunities. Even though the government has many resources, it has other priorities. Issues such as international treaties or weapons for national security are the preference of the state. Topics such as opportunities for the people, like work or scholarships, are not the fundamental purpose of the authorities. In fact, only 3.8% of the GDP (gross domestic product) is invested in education. If the government has as priorities the people, we would have a better country.

The lack of goods and services show the social inequality in some sectors of the population and the opportunities for low-income families are not enough because the government does not provide them.