SUNY Buffalo State Contemporary US Society and Platos Ideal Discussion Plato wrote that the wealthiest person in a community would earn no more than five t

SUNY Buffalo State Contemporary US Society and Platos Ideal Discussion Plato wrote that the wealthiest person in a community would earn no more than five times what the ordinary worker in their community made in a just society. Contemporary US society is far from Plato’s ideal. According to the Census Bureau, in 2018, the American per capita income is $36,080, and the household median is around $63,179. The top 5% average household income at $416,520. This means that the top 5% of the income distributions make 6.59 times than the median household. This result will be much higher for the top 1% household.

Assuming that two earners compose the average household, the top 5% individuals’ average earning is $208,260. In contrast, the worldwide average is around $10,000 per person.

Please answer the following:

Is this fair?
Are the salaries of people at the top the result of efficient work, hard work, or is this the result of unchecked greed and power from elites?
Is the disparity between average earnings in the US and the rest of the world the result of these same forces?

Data Sources:

https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-people.html

https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2019/demo/income-poverty/p60-266.html 1. The students will be expected to properly cite both the book readings cover on the
discussion and at least one outside source. This source can be a book, news article,
or even a personal experience. This is aiming to show proof that the student is engag-
ing with the readings on some level, not only that they’ve read it, but thought about
how they could connect what they’ve learned with something else in their experience.
Score Description
20 Excellent: Citing both sources properly and using facts presented to build and
defend your point
Good: Citing both in a superficial manner. Only mention a statistic, but don’t
10
explain its significance with relation to the question
0 No Citation: No Points for no sources
2. Students need to fully answer the post on the discussion they are replying. By this I
mean, they must address each part of the question, and not just address part of it. I
don’t want students to just repeat each other. I want them to dig for unique answers
to the question

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