The Rich Persuasive Speech

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Diane, when you said, “but we are tied down by lack of knowledge, debt, high bills, low wages, cost of education, taxes, and laws.” I found this to be quite intriguing because I too feel that the top 1% needs to be tied down, just like all of us are by these atrocities we call normal American life, such as debt, and bills. I don’t know about you, but I wasn’t taught to be tied down in anyway, albeit if we feel the need to restrain the wealthy because of the money they control, it is only right to have some important factors sacrificed by the lower-to-middle classes as well. Money is very dangerous and I for one can make the claim that a lot of us wouldn’t be here if we had all the money that we wanted. I would probably just end up hurting myself

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