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Originally Posted by bahbahmickey
Of course rich people "waste more money", they have more disposable income.
Who works hard is tougher to answer. I assume "rich people" includes trust fund kids and "poor people" includes the unemployed so there is some laziness in both parties. Overall I'd say rich people work harder and of course way smarter.
The amount of time you spend doing something isn't equivalent to how hard you've worked by any reasonable definition.
Someone who continues to do objectionable work well after having made millions of dollars simply to make more money is certifiably ******ed.
People who made it big starting from scratch in almost all cases make the tough sacrifices early on and then live the good life - it's less about working hard as it is about a continued commitment to self improvement. Alternatively the working poor generally spend their whole lives doing undesirable work.
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Originally Posted by mongidig View Post
You're overlooking all the other dumb decisions and purchases that make people poor. How many rich people are all tatted up? Why do poor people have kids? Pets? They buy lottery tickets, cigs, coffee...instead of making sure their family is fed and insured.
When are you people gonna get it?
Yea, i think we're all aware of gambling, cigarettes and all of the other vices that plague people with poor judgment.
The question is whether that's grounds for not caring - something you keep ignoring. How much of who you are do you think is attributable to genetics? That tends to be the single biggest influence on how people think we should treat the poor.