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Originally Posted by fountainAtlas  And what is it with your idea that the wealthy should give there money away to charity, why? Why should they give away money that they have worked for earned or inherited to you? |
If you had said, "why should the wealthy be forced to give away their money", I'd agree with you. Are you really saying that people should not contribute to charity?
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Originally Posted by fountainAtlas At the very least a wealthy person has managed to hold on to their worth, that isn’t as easy as it sounds. A great man once said that the easiest way to become a millionaire is to start with a billion and lose 999 million. You should be grateful for how loose lending is; at least there aren’t any debtors’ prisons. |
Holding on to wealth isn't easy? The easiest way to become a millionaire may be to start with a billion, but that's not because it is so
hard to make money grow. It is because making the first million dollars is times more difficult than making a second. Holding onto wealth is relatively simple as long as you're not greedy.
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Originally Posted by fountainAtlas But pure charity only allows people to continue to not work and perpetuates an entitlement sentiment. I am still trying to get over how someone who writes well and is apparently capable of intelligent discourse can have views that are so disturbing. |
Speaking as someone who has relied on pure charity at one point in my life, the helping hand can be pretty necessary to allowing survival of people who will be productive in the future. Luckily, pure charity was there. My family and I survived, and we've gone on to provide some benefit to society.
While I can agree that charity to someone who
refuses to contribute could be restrained, pure charity to people who have hit hard times strikes me as a Good Thing, far from disturbing.