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Originally Posted by fountainAtlas  I think you underestimate how many people die poorer than they started. It seems that if you are not the one who earned the money you have difficulties holding on to it. |
That's not because it is difficult to hold on to money. You can easily lose inherited money if you don't know how to or don't try to create value, don't understand finances, have a poor attitude regarding money, or have a sense of entitlement. Yep, I've seen people who were born rich end up with very little. In every case where a person went chapter 7 after being born into significant wealth, they had misunderstood money, made unsafe business choices with large amounts of capital, failed to diversify, and put in insufficient work to determine the appropriate actions.
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Originally Posted by fountainAtlas I agree that in some cases it is a "Good Thing". But, the way the world works, or more importantly the way I believe it does, is that for one person who received charity and became productive there will be 10 people who will see that as an excuse to not contribute and bleed the donors of their money. On a different note, we have all received charity at one point or another, for everyone was born and for 10+ years we could not take care of ourselves. |
You're free to believe what you want about the world, no matter how depressing. What I'm saying is that the world isn't the way you believe. The world isn't so cold. More than 10% of people in bad situations crave a better life, and are willing to work for it. Yes, there are people who seek to exploit good deeds. These people are often those who don't have any hope for a way out. But they don't make up such a bulk of the population. In my inner circle of friends, 3 of the 6 have been recipients of pure charity. Two are pursuing law, the other is an author and journalist. Eliminate charity, and you'd have done away with those 3, or at least altered their ability to pursue these goals.
Like I said, you're free to believe what you want. I'm not sure why you'd want to live in a world that sees leeches rather than human beings, but it is your choice. There are other choices. Other worlds you could live in. There are wonderful people in those worlds, if you choose to join them there.