You Are a Senator Who Believes the Biggest Threat to Democracy

Essay

You are a senator who believes the biggest threat to democracy is the income disparity between CEOs and workers. Because Marxist theories of distribution have not traditionally gone over well on the floor of the U.S. Senate, you need to make an Aristotelian argument that focuses on utilitarianism. What will your speech say? Place it in the context of legislation that has already been passed in the United States, including Dodd-Frank, the New Deal, and Minimum Wage laws.