On January 10, 1860, there was a terrible accident at Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Seventy-seven people mostly girls less than 12 years old-died when the building collapsed on them. The
victims' families were given very little compensation. One observer called it "the respectable millionaire homicide."
victims' families were given very little compensation. One observer called it "the respectable millionaire homicide."
Do you think rich people
are held to a different set of laws than other people? Explain.
I don't think rich people should hold a different set of laws because it is unfair to other people who has less money and less power and also it would be unfair if rich people have a different set of laws because it would give them more power and more control ~~Alex Lei~~ 812
ReplyDeleteRich people shouldn't held to a different set of laws than other people,because it is unfair.And rich people will have more power.
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Deletei think the rich people would get different laws because they had more money and they were powerful. i guess the people would get scared and they would respect the high class people than the low class people ~Vanessa 812
ReplyDeleteJackie Zhang 812
ReplyDeleteIt is not right to hold a law different from others because it will not be fair. Power should be balanced between the classes. An equal society could cause less violence and fights against each other.
i partially agree with you with the laws should be the same but the violence is what i dont get. even if people were poor and rich, the rich would just try and bribe the politic officials to make a new law for them or have their own personal bodygaurds to prevent violence in which the poor cant fight back. ~jordan 814
DeleteYes, because the rich people had no worries. The poor people were treated poorly. If the rich's family member died they probably would've have gotten a lot more compensation. The rich werent bothered mostly the poor were.-Jamal Mohammad 812
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion i do think it is very unfair that the rich get richer and the poor stay poor because of the government.When the buliding collapsed it caused people to die victims and families would cry for there loss,but the rich people would not even help them out they would not even donate a penny,this makes me very mad and it was horrible and people were treated unfair when the poor people kept in mined that there going to get rich,it will never happen sorry for your loss .....
ReplyDeletealice 812
I agree with Alice. It is very sad that the rich won't even have second thoughts about how the poor feel about their families and friends losing their lives and that they won't even donate a single penny to the poor to help. Selfish people indeed.
DeleteRich people are held to a different set of law then other people according to the social class that they were in. Since they were high class with power and money they would be treated differently compared to the ones with no money and on a low social class.
ReplyDeletei agree with that statement!!!
Deletei don't think that the rich are any different then the poor cause guess what we are all human beings and the amount of money we make doesn't say that we don't apply to the rules
ReplyDeleteI agree with the because all human -being have the same rights and same the same respect! anyway rich or poor we end up in the same spot!! so
DeleteI think the rich shouldn't not held the different sets of law than other people because all people should be treated equally and in m opinion, I don't really care about the rich and the poor. No matter how rich or how poor you are it doesn't make a differences in law
ReplyDeleteYes, because the rich people had no worries. The poor people were treated poorly. If the rich's family member died they probably would've have gotten a lot more compensation. The rich werent bothered mostly the poor were.- Jamal Mohammad 812
ReplyDelete"A society where there's one law for the rich, and another for the poor"... I think they are seprerated in laws because their categories are not the same of each kind of people they are.
ReplyDeleteYes.Because they maybe can use money to buy people,make big event to small event and make rich people don't have much lose.In my opinion it very unfair. - JINGJINGWENG803
ReplyDeleteI agree that it was unfair but the poor couldn't do anything to help.
Deletei don't think that rich people are held to a different set of laws than other people because they are still people and everybody are equal. -amy 803
ReplyDeleteNo I don't think that rich people are really caring to poor people because a lot of things happen with poor people and at last last they don't get enough facilities of what went wrong to them....
Deletei think rich people are being unfair to less rich or poor people and which is just injustice to them.. Laws are laws and it can't be ignored so everyone should follow the same rules....FATEMA JAHAN 803
ReplyDeleteI think that rich people do have a different set of laws than other people because they can get away with a lot of things just because they have money. For example, during war, the rich can just pay someone to be their substitute so that they can stay alive. Sadness. T-T
ReplyDeleteTHE rich people should give the poor families good compensation because its unfair that the poor people working to the poor people and when the poor people die the rich people give them very little conpensation - mostafa said 803
ReplyDeletei agree with mostafa's answer because the rich people should respect the poor people
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ReplyDeleteI want to say that people are all the same and the rules should be the same too, and the government shouldn't be treating rich and poor people differently.
ReplyDelete-Elyas Maggouh 803
It may seem like it because were treated based on their class so people thought it was okay. However, everyone is the same and has the same rights.So, it isn't any different in this situation. ~shahida,803
ReplyDeletei think the rich has a different set of laws because the government and political officials would look only at the rich and they dont take a second look at the poor. the poor is like a lowest rank in a game most people would just ignore the lowest players and look for the top layers with the most money and theing to join their team just like the government looks for the rich and not the poor. ~jordan 814
ReplyDeletei think rich people shouldn't hold a different law than other people because it's really unfair. Everyone should have the same law and and same rights. Also if they have different law than they will have more power than the poor people who already doesn't have much. The poor people would have to suffer more bad things because the rich people would try to control them and to what ever they want.
ReplyDeletei agree because everyone is equal and should not be differentiated only because if they are rich or poor
Deletei thinks the rich has a different set of laws .Because the government have the the power to building collapsed .And rich people should respect the poor people .
ReplyDeleteBut however, the government will stand on the rich side because it's more helpful to theme personally.
DeleteI think the rich shouldn't have a different set of laws because the poors and the riches are all humans. The government should treat them with the same laws since everyone is equal. They shouldn't judge on how poor or rich some one is in making a law. -Dustin Ni 814
ReplyDeletei agree with you
DeleteNO . because the rich is already have lots of power , and the poor have nothing .
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you. Because the poor have nothing so they will be treated differently from the rich.
Deletei do not think the rich people need to have a different set of laws because it will so unfair to other people and they will have more and more power to control the poor people
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the gaining more power -Dustin Ni 814
DeleteI think the rich were held to a different set of laws than because the government do things in rich people's favor.the government did this since the riches had a lot of power.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that the government did favored the interest for the rich people.
Deletei think rich people did have different laws than the other people because back then the more money you have to more power you have. In addition the rich people can get away with a lot of things poor people can't. For example, during the civil war the rich people didn't have to go into battle because they could have paid someone to take their place
ReplyDeletei do think the rich have a different set of laws than the poor. this is because the rich have money to protect them from the law and if they are accuse of something they could just use money to get away and accuse someone else. they obey the law3 of money, money means power
ReplyDeletei agree that rich people can use their money to protect themselve
DeleteI think rich people are held a different set of the law, but they shouldn't do that because it is unfair for the poor people.
ReplyDeleteXueRu Lin - 814
FengLin Chen 814
ReplyDeleteI think rich people shouldn't held to a different set of laws than other people, because it's not fair to other people. Everyone is equal and they should have the same rights under the same equal laws.
i think rich people should not have a different set of laws because
ReplyDeletethen they will have more power and will start to control others. if the rich people have their own set of laws then they will miss use them and make unfair judgments. they will also have the power to control the poor and make them feel bad. all laws should be equal to everyone, since america is a country with freedom for everyone.
an example of this unfair thing is shown because the rich used the children to work and because of the neglecting the kids died when the building fell over them. if the rich treated them better and took more care of these problems then those people would have never lot lives.
I think the rich are being treated more fairly than the poor families,think if the poor was treated the same as the rich death would not be caused and also there would never exist rank in society and within the world.
ReplyDeleteYes, because people who are rich, they have more money, and poor people need money for their life, so they need to get money from rich people.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. But the poor shouldn't get money from the rich. It will be unfair for the rich people even they have a lots of money. However, it's correct that rich people have money so they got power, and sometimes they can do whatever they want.
Deleteyes. because when people are rich then they hold the power .
ReplyDeleteI think the rich were held to a different set of laws than other because the rich people could use money to buy people to make the issue smaller but poor people couldt do anything about it since rich people have more power,and money,
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you because sometimes money means nothing. There's always something that money couldn't achieve. And even the rich people have money, if they break the law, they should be punished. There's no way that people are treated differently because they are poor.
Deletei think rich people shouldn't hold a different law than other people because everyone should be equal and it is unfair for other to have more power than others .
ReplyDeleteI agree with you
DeleteI agree that everyone are equal but rich people and other people are really treated differently.
DeleteI think the rich were held to a different set of laws than because the government do things in rich people's favor.Moreover,I think that everyone should be equal and it is unfair for other to have more power than others .The rich people could use money to buy people to make the issue smaller but poor people couldt do anything about it since rich people have more power,and money.
ReplyDeleteI agree with April.
DeleteI agree with u because, it's unfair for someone to have more power than another.
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Akmal 813 - I agree
DeleteYes, because rich people have money and poor people need money for their lives , so they need to get money from rich people . So the rich people controls the lower classes people.And everyone should be equal.
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I agree with the part where you should be equal
DeleteI think the rich were held to a different set of laws than the poor because the rich can bribe the goverment officals to avoid the penality from the law
ReplyDeleteSorry I did it wrong. the answer is wrong
DeleteI totally agree with you because, the rich actually bribe the government to avoid the penalty from the law.
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I think rich people should have same laws as poor people because is fair country. Rich people should not have more power than power people.
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ReplyDeleterich people can't do that.just because they are poor doesn't mean they can break the law
ReplyDeleteI think the rich were held to different set of laws, because they were rich that people think they should listen to this rich person or else they might get into trouble and no house to live in no job.If this person listen to the rich person then they will get something from this rich person like money,house and etc.
ReplyDeletei agree with you
DeleteYes because rich people have many money. And for the government people, money means power. So the government people will treat the rich people better than the people who have nothing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you
DeleteAkmal813- I disagree with you because if somebody doesnt have money it will be unfair for them.
Deletei think the rich shouldn't hold different law than other because every one should be treat equally and it was wrote on the The Declaration of Independence so it was unfair that rich people can have more power that other people that is not rich
ReplyDeleteI agree with you because that every one is human and every one should be treated equally in life.
DeleteI think that the rich people shouldn't be hold with a different law than any other people that is now alive because that in this world every one in this world every one should be under the same law.
ReplyDeleteI think rich people should not have different laws than other, because everyone is equal in this wold. No one should get anything than other.
ReplyDeleteI think rich people are held to a different set of laws than other people it is unfair that the rich use money to pay what they did wrong and the poor have to went to jail and rich have more power then the poor~~~Na 813
ReplyDeletei agree that the poor had no power and the rich use money to solve every thing. Jessie Zou 811
DeleteI think that rich people shouldn't hold to different set of laws because it is unfair that rich people should have more power then the poor people everyone are the same in the world. chenxushi813
ReplyDeleteno ,because rich doesn't means that you are more powerful than others,and you can control people's mind.it doesn't means that poor people will always be poor.by jiaweiliu class 813
ReplyDeleteI believe that rich people should have a different set of laws because rich people have the advantage because the have the money and the power, therefore they so they should have more circumscription. People who are rich might believe that the laws that are in forced are only for "commoners" and they don't have to follow them. Also rich people can get away from punishment easily so this might get them what they deserve. These laws however, should not help give the prosperous prosperity, but set some impediments.
ReplyDeleteI think rich people are held to a different set of laws than poor people because people who had a lots of money may bribe others.
ReplyDeletei think the rich are held to different set of laws because they have money and the poor dont. plus the goverment cares more for the rich the the poor
ReplyDeletei agree with you because the rich bribe the government with money
Deletetrue it even happens still today
Deleteit happens because the goverment lets themselve get bribed by the rich and their influnces
Deletelike with bloom berg
Delete(samiha akter 811) no, i don't think that rich people should be treated differently then others. i think that because they are no different from each other they are actually very similar. there might be a time where rich people are money less and see how it feels because if they waste it on the wrong things that can happen.sometimes its hard for other people to live when they dont have enough money but they still work hard for the money.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comment because the rich shouldn't be treated any differently from the poor because they're both humans and they should all be treated equally
DeleteBeautifully said.😭👏
Deletemarco its not bribe its bribed
ReplyDeletedoesnt matter
DeleteActually, Marco is right. The proper use in that sentence is 'bribed'.
Deletei think the rich are held different set of laws because they have a lot of money and the poor people dont. in addition the government cares about the rich more than the poor [Tony Zou]
ReplyDeletei think the rich are held to a different set of laws because rich have more advantages than poor people and that is not fair.Also poor people don't get as much attention than rich because their like "worth nothing."
ReplyDeletei agree with you
Delete(samiha akter 811) i agree because it not fair for others
Deletei think rich people are not held to a different set of laws because they are not different from any one else . the only difference is they have more money. - Feezan 811
ReplyDeleteyes i think rich people have different laws from eeryone else because they get to pay there way out of the law. for an example they dont have to go to war they get to pay someone to go for them
ReplyDeleterich people are responsible for being cheap and not keeping there buildings in shape and let them get to the point where the building collapsed THAT is the owners fault for not giving good enough working conditions to the workers in the factories. also yes rich people should be forced to give a percentage of the profit they dont need for themselves or the company to the poor because it is not fair that rich have more money they can spend and there factories and other people cant efford food
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I actually AGREE with Brendan (O_O).
Deletei think that the rich are held on anthor set of laws because the rich are powerful with the influnces they have and are able to bribed the government to make laws in their favored
ReplyDelete(Seewing Zheng) i think the rich shouldn't have their own set of laws. That is because all americans are supposed to be treated equally.i dont think the rich should have their own set of laws because it will make the rich have more advantage over the others.Like the situation before the government paid the rich who lost their kids in the building.Besides, the poor are already poor while the rich are rich then the rich will get more rich.but the poor will get more poor.
ReplyDelete(Avi Ni) i agree with seewing when she said "all americans are supposed to be treated equally". i do not think the rich should not have their own set of laws.it's not going to be fair to the poor since the rich will have more power and more control over the government.
I agree with the both of you because the rich shouldn't have their own set of laws and everyone should be treated equally.
DeleteTrue that. I definitely agree with Atifah. The rich should be more considerate, but then again, not all rich people are mean. Some rich people actually donate money to the poor to help, but only one person or so isn't enough.
Deletei think the rich are held to different set of law because they have lot of money so they can almost do anything and the poor people don't so its hard for them to fit in to a world where the rich people held the law. well government cares about the rich people and so does the rich people
ReplyDeleteI don't think rich people should hold a different set of laws because its fare that rich people have the different law. If they had the same laws the poor people wouldn't have that much money to pay and the rich people would pay it likes its nothing.
ReplyDeleteI did think that the rich were held to a different set of laws back then because they had more advantages and pros. They were treated like royalty and it is not fair because the poor and middle class are humans too. Poor people didn't get any attention at all because they were treated like a piece of dirt which in my opinion, is disgusting behavior. I think everyone should be treated equally no matter what gender, race, color, and class.
ReplyDeletei agree -Feezan 811
Deletei agree with u because it was the owners fault those kids were killed and he got away with it
ReplyDeleteI think rich people should not have a different set of laws because
ReplyDeletethey would have more power and would start to controlling others. If the rich people have their own set of laws then they would use it for the wring thngs and make unfair judgements. They would also have the power to control the poor and make them feel awful. All laws that are made should state that everyone should be equal. (Jamima Priti 811)
I like what you said because treating people differently based on their class is rude and hurtful. It'll hurt the poor's feelings and make them awful.
DeleteYes because rich people can kill and get away. It is unfair for poor people because they cant fight back if their child died.
ReplyDeletei agree with u aswell because it even happens today
DeleteI think that different laws are held for the rich people, because they have more money, and more power. They might have connections with people to get the rich more powerful. Jason Garcia-811
ReplyDeleteI think there should be a law for the rich. The rich have the power, the money, the advantage, food, busniesses, everything. Yet, they are selfish because they don't even give one penny to the poor. Everyone should be equal. It shouldn't be upper class lower class. It should't be half of the society is poor or homeless. If we can't help those who need help who are we.
ReplyDeleteI think the rich people should not be held a different set of law because they will start to control everything that's favored their side. If they did, they would make unfair and injustice judgements. To pursue this statement further, Andrew Carnegie's factory at Homestead, Pennsylvania, was a role model of iniquity as to the poor working conditions workers faced - stuffy air and low salary were a portion of all sorts - and those rich people kept maximized profits from workers; they were always in the dire situations. On the other hand, if the government treated the rich people the same ways as the poor people, then there's no way that people would die and no such thing called social ranking.
ReplyDeleterice people had more rights because politics want money money is there power and so politics give more rights to rich people then poor people that is why rich people has more rights
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