DEBATE CLUB: mardi 26 avril 2022 - Should There be a Cap on Wealth?

Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than a McDonald’s worker.  Is this fair, or is it time to limit an individual’s wealth? When is enough enough?  How much money does one individual need, and how much should he/she be allowed to accumulate? Come and share your opinions at tonight’s Debate Club!

VENEZ NOUS REJOINDRE POUR PARLER DE CE THÈME ! 

C'est l'occasion rêvée pour pratiquer votre anglais dans une ambiance détendue. Animées par des professeurs qualifiés de langue maternelle anglaise, les séances de conversation du Debate Club sont conviviales, engageantes et efficaces !

 

DATE / LEVELS

• Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
• Intermediate to Advanced

  

TIME / VENUE

• From 19h00 to 20h30
• Aix and Marseille

  

TEACHERS

• Martin Toseland (Aix)
• Elizabeth Pohly (Marseille)

 

QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE

Is it justifiable that one individual can amass the same wealth as a small African nation?
Is it acceptable that 1% of individuals can own as much as the bottom 80% in a society?
What do large inequalities in wealth do to social cohesion?
Is poverty relative or absolute?
Does it matter what the top 1% own, as long as the bottom 80% have a decent standard of living?
Beyond a billion, is wealth just a number?
As wealth creators, do billionaires not benefit the whole of society?
Is owning so much wealth, while poverty exists, morally wrong?
Are some billionaires more deserving of their wealth than others?
Are inherited billions more undeserving than earned billions?
Is resentment of billionaires just jealousy?

VOCABULARY

cap
chasm
disparity
distributive justice
envy
equality
equitable
fair
grab
greed
half-hearted
hard working
high net worth
income
inheritance
Limitariansim
loophole
merit
resources
spending power
super rich
talented
tax break
trade-off
trickle down
vast
wealth
wealth gap

 

SEARCH THE WEB FOR IDEAS!

Find articles and/or videos on the web and come prepared to share the information you have found with the others.

 

SUGGESTED SEARCH WORDS FOR THIS SUBJECT

cap on wealth
Limitariansim
1%

 

SUGGESTED WEBSITES FOR MATERIALS

https://www.bbc.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/?gl=GB
www.guardian.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk
www.nytimes.com
https://www.pixstory.com/story/should-there-be-a-limit-on-personal-wealth/37597
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/12/is-it-time-limit-personal-wealth/

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