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English Assignment regarding wealth disparity
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:48 am
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:48 am
This is a discussion prompt from my son's English class. Many, if not most, of the discussion posts read like a bunch of commies. Maybe raising kids and teaching them in schools that fair is equal and sharing is caring is not the way to go.
Anyway, here's the prompt.
Anyway, here's the prompt.
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In American society, success is usually measured by how much wealth a person possesses.
While the majority of Americans earn modest incomes and have limited access to wealth, the number of millionaires and billionaires is the United States is growing.
By 2025, 28 million Americans will be millionaires in a nation of more than 333 million people.
Think about what it means when so much wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few people. Do you think it is possible for a person to have too much money or wealth?
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Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:50 am to SallysHuman
Let’s reframe the question to see if makes logical sense 
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Think about what it means when so much good hair is concentrated in the hands of a few people. Do you think it is possible for a person to have hair that is “too good”?
This post was edited on 8/15/25 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:51 am to SallysHuman
Public education doing work...
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:55 am to SallysHuman
Think about how poor Mexicans are.
Maybe write about how unfair it is that Americans, especially professors, have so much more than Mexicans.
Maybe write about how unfair it is that Americans, especially professors, have so much more than Mexicans.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:55 am to N2cars
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Public education doing work...
Yeah... It feels to me that the question is definitely framed in an Eat the Rich kind of way. I don't like it. I am especially alarmed at the baby commies in training thought processes on this.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:57 am to SallysHuman
What is objective of the assignment (Argument, Expository, Descriptive, etc)?
Wealth Building (excluding windfalls of inheritance, lottery, law suits, etc) require building portfolio of assets that produce cash and increase in value.
PS, anything more than “enough” can be a distraction in multiple forms. I say yes.
What is stopping the average American citizen from doing this?
Wealth Building (excluding windfalls of inheritance, lottery, law suits, etc) require building portfolio of assets that produce cash and increase in value.
PS, anything more than “enough” can be a distraction in multiple forms. I say yes.
What is stopping the average American citizen from doing this?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:59 am to SallysHuman
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the number of millionaires and billionaires is the United States is growing.
isn't that a good thing?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:00 pm to Artificial Ignorance
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What is objective of the assignment (Argument, Expository, Descriptive, etc)?
Discussion and Debate.
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PS, anything more than “enough” can be a distraction in multiple forms. I say yes.
Who decides when someone else has "enough"? I get what *you* are saying, but this assignment and its wording seem to be encouraging of class envy- that is not okay.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:01 pm to TigerintheNO
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isn't that a good thing?
One would think so... unless they're jealous, I guess.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:02 pm to SallysHuman
Be sure your kids understand the premise is false on its face. Everyone has the same access to wealth in America. It’s just most are too stupid to understand, as well as tolerate delayed gratification, in order to build wealth.
The $ is fictional fiat currency. What one person has makes no difference in what another can have.
The $ is fictional fiat currency. What one person has makes no difference in what another can have.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:03 pm to SallysHuman
"Because I do not want others to set arbitrary limits on my achievements, I do not want to do so to them."
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:04 pm to SallysHuman
Your son's essay should say that this disparity exists because of the failure of the education system b/c most of society is too stupid to realize the power of compounding interest. Anyone who is disciplined enough to put $150 a paycheck or $4,000 a year when they enter the workforce into the Dow Jones or S&P 500 will be a millionaire by the time they retire!
He should also point out that if all 330 MM Americans were millionaires there would still be a huge disparity in wealth due to economic principle of supply and demand and hyperinflation created by everyone having surplus of cash for purchases.
He should also point out that if all 330 MM Americans were millionaires there would still be a huge disparity in wealth due to economic principle of supply and demand and hyperinflation created by everyone having surplus of cash for purchases.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:04 pm to Sidicous
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Be sure your kids understand the premise is false on its face. Everyone has the same access to wealth in America. It’s just most are too stupid to understand, as well as tolerate delayed gratification, in order to build wealth. The $ is fictional fiat currency. What one person has makes no difference in what another can have.
Very helpful response... I've been thinking on how to talk about this with him and what you said is short, sweet and true- I'll be using it, thank you!
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:05 pm to SallysHuman
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the number of millionaires and billionaires is the United States is growing.
OnlyFans doing work
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:06 pm to SallysHuman
Good to point that out to him...
Nobody's dying to get to into other countries.
Wonder why?
In America, you have close to a 1 in 10 chance of becoming a millionaire.
Now do other countries...
Nobody's dying to get to into other countries.
Wonder why?
In America, you have close to a 1 in 10 chance of becoming a millionaire.
Now do other countries...
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:06 pm to SallysHuman
Having a million bucks isn’t what it used to be.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:07 pm to SallysHuman
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Discussion and Debate.
You almost have to have a semi-divisive topic to have a debate.
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Who decides when someone else has "enough"?
That is the key.
History has proven it is never a "good" thing when a very high percentage of wealth is held by a small number of people.
It is an interesting topic and being debated now, in a way, further down the page in the boomer real estate thread.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:09 pm to Obtuse1
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History has proven it is never a "good" thing when a very high percentage of wealth is held by a small number of people.
American "poor" people in 2025 live better than the wealthiest humans in history did, pre-WWII.
If the "rich get richer, but the poor also get reasonably rich", you're against that, right?
You're okay with the poor remaining poor as long as the rich also get poorer? Check.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:12 pm to SallysHuman
Rich people bad
Posted on 8/15/25 at 12:13 pm to SallysHuman
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Think about what it means when so much wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few people. Do you think it is possible for a person to have too much money or wealth?
No. Next question.
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By 2025, 28 million Americans will be millionaires in a nation of more than 333 million people.
8.5% of the population are millionaires. That's not a "few" people.
This post was edited on 8/15/25 at 12:17 pm
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