Persuasive Speech

Caitlin Richmond

“Rich people should be forced to live a life of poverty at least once a year.”

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that “Rich people should be forced to live a life of poverty at least once a year.”

Thesis: Rich people should be forced to live a life of poverty so they will appreciate the value of money and to lessen their selfishness.

Introduction:

I. Nick Cannon wore the world’s most expensive pair of shoes on the finale of America’s Got Talent.

II. They were Tom Ford slip-ons encrusted with 14,00 full-cut round white diamonds set onto white gold, totaling 340 carats.

III. The maker of the shoes was Jason Arasheben, who is the founder of Jason of Beverly Hills.

IV. Arasheben said, “"Not very often

Arasheben noted that it took more than 2,000 hours of work and almost a year to complete the bedazzled shoes.

VI. Cannon plans on donating the shoes for a good cause

VII. "The most expensive shoes In the world!! 2 million dollar custom @TomFord @JasonofBH Maybe I should donate them to charity. Any suggestions?" he tweeted during the

Sensors attached to the participant’s chest were able to record the response form the vagus nerve which helps the brain record and respond to emotional images.

k. Keltner said test subjects with lower income had stronger responses.

l. He also used data from getting 115 people who played a game called “dictator game” where those involved were paired with unknown partners, given 10 pts. Which represented money, and told they could give as little or much as they wanted.

m. Lower-class participants gave more away even after different factors such as gender, age, and race.

III. Are higher class people more unethical across the board or just more selfish? Which elements of class matter most when it comes to pushing people toward ethical or unethical behavior: wealth, education, or occupation? And does class affect ethical behavior by increasing one’s sense of power or prestige?

a. David Dubois, Dereck Rucker, and Adam Galisnky address these issues in several experiments.

b. In ther 1st study, a game of dice where the participants played for themselves and then played for a friend.

c. Those with higher income, education and occupation rank cheated more, as