Adam Smith said “No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.” Smith is saying that not every society is fair. There will be some people that are happy and some people that do not have as much. The gap between the rich and the poor is too large. If the rich were to give a little back or invest their money in businesses or other services it could help close that gap. The rich occupy a large amount of money and resources in America and a lot of it goes unused. These resources could go to other people to help out because the rich waste a lot of them. In the end a person can only drive one car at a time and live in one house at a time. Even though some of these things are
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With this statement by Rousseau, he is trying to say that people are more worried about themselves than others. Rousseau credits this for many crimes, wars and murders. Rousseau also said “The first expansions of the human heart were the effects of a novel situation, which united husbands and wives, fathers and children, under one roof” (Rousseau, 252). Rousseau is saying that the first time that humans were not just thinking of themselves is when they had a family. He says that “Each family became a little society” (Rousseau, 252). Rousseau says that when the family were formed each family member had a role and when they were faced with a big task that they could all come together to complete it. This would help close the gap between the rich and poor because it made people not think of themselves, but to think of the others in the …show more content…
Locke is saying that if you have food that goes bad that you have failed your community because it could have gone to someone that needed it. This is a big problem in America today because the rich hold a large amount of money so they can purchase these things and a lot of them are never used. Locke also talks about how a person’s labor is there biggest value. A person’s ability to work is the biggest value that they bring to their community. If the rich were to create more jobs with their money people with less money would be able to work. With the rich creating jobs for the less fortunate it would help close the gap between the rich and the poor. The poor would be working for things that they need and the rich would be putting their money and resources into these jobs and people and they would not be
With this statement by Rousseau, he is trying to say that people are more worried about themselves than others. Rousseau credits this for many crimes, wars and murders. Rousseau also said “The first expansions of the human heart were the effects of a novel situation, which united husbands and wives, fathers and children, under one roof” (Rousseau, 252). Rousseau is saying that the first time that humans were not just thinking of themselves is when they had a family. He says that “Each family became a little society” (Rousseau, 252). Rousseau says that when the family were formed each family member had a role and when they were faced with a big task that they could all come together to complete it. This would help close the gap between the rich and poor because it made people not think of themselves, but to think of the others in the …show more content…
Locke is saying that if you have food that goes bad that you have failed your community because it could have gone to someone that needed it. This is a big problem in America today because the rich hold a large amount of money so they can purchase these things and a lot of them are never used. Locke also talks about how a person’s labor is there biggest value. A person’s ability to work is the biggest value that they bring to their community. If the rich were to create more jobs with their money people with less money would be able to work. With the rich creating jobs for the less fortunate it would help close the gap between the rich and the poor. The poor would be working for things that they need and the rich would be putting their money and resources into these jobs and people and they would not be