The primary reason for social inequality is poverty, lack of education, low income, criminal history and drug addiction. A number of collective reasons are behind the reason why social inequality is on the rise. Lack of government intervention and budget cuts leads to social welfare programs to lag behind and lead to social decay in the community.

 In the post economic crisis of 2008 budget deficits and cash crunch lead to social welfare programs to lag behind. A stagnant minimum wage and lack of jobs especially when the rate of inflation was steady.