Why are some people so fortunate and others live in dismal conditions?
958867
Is one experience really better or worse than another?\n\nCould they just be different yet the same?
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.
1018971
The poor don't know what they are missing and the rich run out of things to do they get bored, lonely and unhappy.\n\n\nMyself....give me money and I will show you how freakin happy I can be!
763414
To live according to principles, beliefs and not be influenced by pressure. I guess the lucky ones find people that think similarly :-)
309791
There are a number of reasons. The riches are exploiting the poor. In the industries the workers are not getting their remuneration according to the labor they provide there. The rich countries are exploiting the developing counties. Corruption is another reason. The person who has power in hand earns money through corruption and that money belongs to the people of the country. If the money is properly distributed among the people there can not be any poverty in the world.
188946
bc some people are born into a family of wealth or a family who doesnt care if they work and support their lazy butts and other people work all their lives bc they dont have a choice they need money or they enjoying working
1116648
You've got some really great answers on here. I'm an especially big fan of "it's there own fault they are poor." Spelling on that would be "their" by the way. I just love these generalized comments. They don't take into consideration people who lost jobs, people who were abandoned at birth and never received a proper education but were continuously passed through our foster care system or elderly folks who never had a chance to save because their money went to their families and now they can't survive on a Social Security check. Nice empathy there.
67734
If you have ever been to other countries you would see that most of these people are glad to have any kind of job. In Africa for example there are very little chances for employment so any work is welcome. Do-gooders have no Idea what the world realy is they only see things by their distorted standards, while they wear clothes and shoes made in these places.
1059253
Because after traveling to several nations around the world I have discovered that there are no poor people in America.  There are only people with less than others.\n\nEveryone in America has the opportunity to make good choices and gain wealth.
662938
In my experience the Best people do not think about being better than anyone else. They just do the best they can. Whilst money can help in many situations it is not a measure of the quality of a person. Many people overcome poverty to be great achievers.
1034485
They equate money with intelligence. Since there are fewer people who have very high incomes than there are low-to-medium income people, they assume that the majority people are stupid...and will believe anything.\n\nI've met some very intelligent people at the homeless shelter...and seen some incredibly stupid ones living in mansions...e.g. Ted Kennedy...John Edwards...John Kerry...etc. They're completely out of touch with the real world.
1031094
It's easy to 'assume' that everyone who receives assistance is just lazy and that no one suffers from any circumstances that requires our society to help them. It is the perfect perception and makes it a lot easier on the rest of us to feel good about ourselves.\n\nBut in fact, bad things do happen to good people sometimes and there are those who are neither lazy or trying to steal your pennies who do need some assistance.\n\nBut then again, are you your brother's keeper?\n\nProbably not.
502567
I would support anyone who helps out this cause and have myself on occasion, however the simple fact remains that they are poor because we are rich. There isnt, as many like to say, enough to go around, not if we want to maintain our current standard of living.
64168
Because, unfortunately, life isn't fair.
617490
Some people do not know they have a good life until ruined.\n\nThen there are some who might be too greedy to take a risk to have a better life and that bet went south.\n\nThen there are others who ruin their good (in other people's view as good) life when they might not be satisfied with their life.
653518
Victim mentality.  Liberals have no interest in working hard.  They criticize those who do and expect them to be required to help those who are "less-fortunate".  Fortune comes from hard work, not from sitting on ones lazy a** expecting it from someone who actually DID work for it!
828763
I think its a combination of both. Too many people have risen from despair and become successful. Others have been blessed with riches, the right naturing and made a mess of things for themselves and others. "When life gives you lemons; make lemonade with it"!