Why do people desire to have great wealth?
108719
I think people who don't have great wealth desire it because they think it will bring happiness.  Sure it would be nice to live comfortably, but money does not necessarily bring happiness.  I know several millionaires from when I worked in oil & gas in Houston and they were mostly miserable souls. They fought over more & more money and worried constantly about how to keep from losing it. Their kids were on drugs and had alcohol problems in and out of rehab.  I'm basically poor, but I've never been happier at this time in my life.
1105882
The most diffilcult part when handing out money is weather the person that you are giving it to is going to put it to good use. Everyone in life should make it for themselves. The wealthy did. Most of them did not take handouts and they achieved their wealth by hard work. My hand out to people is that I give them jobs. If they plan to make good use of the money and invest in their future instead of blowing it all, then they too will have wealth in the near future. Although we have money to spare, it is not our job in life to work for others who can't see that they can't make it themselves.
716524
My psychology teacher had said that most happy people aren't wealthy. Money tends to make people selfish, greedy and mean.\nI wouldn't mind having some though!! \nSeriously, I'm poor, but I'm happy.
949705
The only true way to be a rich person is to be content!! If one is never content with what the have, no matter how much they make, they can never beome a rich person but a greedy person!\n\nRemember, the man who couldn't stop complaining that he didn't have any shoes until he saw another man with no feet!!
581248
It would seem the social moral is that money will never bring you happiness, yet so many people pursue money. I know that without money I wouldn't be happy, only because of the stress of living, or lack there of, I don't know if being rich would make me happy because I never have been. I have a pretty good idea that it won't since typically I am happiest doing things where money has minimal concern. But who is to say that money is not the key to making someone else happy? I mean really what makes me happy is more than one thing, it is my activities, friends, how I spend my time (which does consume money), but there are a lot more simple people in the world who are happy for small things, like just living!!!! So, to me no but to others it can.....
900241
To make their rich friends richer and ultimately themselves after they are done.
80391
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1130563
We have created a value out of possession.  There is nothing great about being rich...  Real Richie's are always made through some swindle breaching the system getting things out of turn.  Individuals who really work hard for a better life are few and do not normally make it among the really rich.\n\nRichies is largely to do with inheritance, possessing social capital, use of cunning and sometimes being plain lucky.\n\nWhile poverty is to do with circusmtances.  While there may be some druggies who may refuse to work for their living, greatest number of the poor in the world are engaged in an exploitative relationship... a form of subsistence slavery out of which there is no escape.  Its grossly unfair to term half of the world population which is surviving under impossible conditions as lazy and less dignified than those who make it easy because of inherited privilege and then claim to be smart.
22096
There really is no Black or White answer to this question.  Even though, I am sure there are many "rich" people in the world who are nice, I've seen many more who are not so much.  In my experience, money has a tendency to change people, even when that person has the best intentions at heart.  Although I would love to have more money, I would never wish to be "rich", only comfortable enough to be able to support myself, with no loose ends.  I may be going agains the grain, here with my answer, but I think I lean more towards "poor".  Those who are poor, or live from paycheck to paycheck, tend to appreciate the small things as we all should.  "Poor" people do not care about having extravagant houses or 5 cars, one for each day of the week; they are content with a roof over their family's head, a meal for each night, and an old dependable clunker to get around in.
664678
I suppose it's because people in our world today base their respect on money. The more you have it, the more superior you are... It's awful, really. Even if they're poor, they still go buy expensive things which they can't really afford, just so they could brag about something.
599325
being wealthy does not make you satan.it is just you thrive more than the average joe. and it ok that you have a little more money than the average joe cause you work for it... you shouldn't hate on the rich you should learn from them so you could gain your own wealth..
934562
no becos they r the three things that encourage and cheer you into getting your wealth\n\n=)
569393
Because it provides an incentive-based economy where anyone can succeed.  The wealth pie is unlimited.  Many people think that wealth is finite and that the rich take from the poor, or some crazy idea like that.  That is lunacy.\n\nAnyone who is driven and has a great idea for a product that people want to buy, can be successful and possibly a millionaire.  Anyone.  \n\nPeople forget that nothing is handed to you and you need to work hard for a good life and look for ways to constantly try to raise yourself up.\n\nCapitalism is the greatest system ever created.  Greed is man-made and has nothing to do with capitalism itself.  That is the fault of the participants in a capitalistic economy.  Capitalism is why immigrants are crashing the borders of America.  Ever think about that?
38450
'Cause even the *** got the right for a good life ...\n\nSex as money, moves this mortal world!\n\n:D
450351
We look for money when we don't have wealth of character. We look for fame when we are not confident of our inner self. Wealth and fame should be the byproduct of what we do, not the main goal. But how can be something of such importance can be byproduct!! It's a difficult question to answer
496864
Would rather go to heaven.\nToo much money, I presume makes ones life not truly happy, too many people likes to meet you like you or try to meet you and you end up having no time for yourself nor your family anymore. There's not a total peace of mind either for you're always watching out your back who's a real friend or whose only after your wealth, makes you paranoid sometimes! So, if you don't know how to deal the kind of wealth Mr. Bill Gates have, you end up being eccentric as well as unhappy deep within you! Did you also notice people who have too much money kind of weird? \nBetter be an average person who lives life comfortably as well as having peace of mind at the end of the day.
509729
Because affluent people tend to socialize around activities, like sailing or tennis, and can afford to travel and pay for those activites, while people with modest incomes make do with the people around them.\n\nNeither is better than the other - the poorer people have a greater sense of community in the immediate nearby sense, while the affluent people combine their business networking in with things they like to do, because they can afford to.\n\nAt least, that's the way I see it.