How do you define "just?"
What would you do to change this situation?
Bill Gates has a net worth in the $60 billions. In 2006, he earned $7.8 billion a year. That is $20 million a day and $250 a second.
In contrast, in the United States, approximately 40 million live in poverty. There are 750,000 Americans who are homeless on a given night, with one in five considered chronically homeless.
Do you believe that the drastic economic inequality between persons like Bill Gates (LeBron James, Warren Buffett, Donald Trump, Tiger Woods, etc.) and persons in poverty is just?
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TayB, if this is a question for school, I doubt your teacher wants to know what Ms. Sue or I think. What do YOU think?
Some politicians say there is no "justice" about it. Some people fail at life and are poor, some succeed and are rich. Others think it is not only unjust but economically and politically unsustainable. What do you think?
This might help focus your thoughts:
http://www.epi.org/publication/income-inequality-by-state-1917-to-2012/
Also look up Robert Reich. He has published a lot on this topic on line. He is a professor at University of California Berkeley, and a former Secretary of Labor who knows a lot (and has solid opinions on the topic).
Some politicians say there is no "justice" about it. Some people fail at life and are poor, some succeed and are rich. Others think it is not only unjust but economically and politically unsustainable. What do you think?
This might help focus your thoughts:
http://www.epi.org/publication/income-inequality-by-state-1917-to-2012/
Also look up Robert Reich. He has published a lot on this topic on line. He is a professor at University of California Berkeley, and a former Secretary of Labor who knows a lot (and has solid opinions on the topic).
http://www.robertreich.org
http://www.facebook.com/RBReich?fref=ts
It's not for school. None of the philosophy questions have been for school.