by Author Name Withheld 147

Created on: October 29, 2009   Last Updated: November 12, 2009

Is it wrong to be rich?

It is always better to be rich rather than poor. The reason is simple; to have is better than to lack. We all want our daily needs met. It is human nature and there is nothing wrong with it. It is not selfishness at all.

On the other hand it is wrong to say poor is better than rich simply because it is not the truth; it has become false humility. I mean the person who says it is better to be poor has created in his mind a picture that to have much money is wrong based on the selfishness of man kind. Many of us simply want to use or spend money to fulfill our own desires. And this kind of riches may very well be wrong based on the fact that we are often doing harm to other people with such a lifestyle. Freedom must be governed by responsibility at all times.

To have money; to have lots of it is not wrong and it never will be. But money is a tool either for good or for bad. How we use the money is what is of great importance here. When I say that it is always better to be rich rather than poor it is based on my belief that lacking leads to crime. For example; when a man is hungry and has no money he can either beg for bread or steal from someone else, and that is not what common people want to spend their life doing. Nobody wants to be a thief or a beggar. It is humiliating to be caught stealing and there is a penalty to pay. To beg is also humiliating for the human nature. To be poor and to lack is therefore a bad thing and I do not believe for one single minute that it can be justified that poor is better than rich.

To have money or to be rich is of great value since there are so many things we can do when we have it. We can be such a blessing to those around us. We can bless our families, school mates, co-workers and even those far off who are in need: those that beg for bread and are sick. Money is not an evil thing, but as the holy bible puts it "the love of money is the root of all evil". It is the love of money that can make it a bad thing to be rich. That love of money will lead people to do the wrong things. The love of money will make a person go to desperate lengths to reach his or her goal; this includes committing a crime, for example tax fraud, drug dealing among others.

But as said previously, money in itself is not evil or bad in any way, but the person behind the money controls what it is being used for, and in that way being rich can be a good thing as well as a bad thing.

The conclusion is that being rich will always be better than being poor; it is respect less of race, culture, interests etc.

To end with I want to underline the point that when someone thinks that it is better to be poor rather than rich, it is based on false information or false thinking where ever it may come from. The problem is not riches, but the way it got into your hands in the first place. If you cheaten or stole to get the riches, then it is a bad thing. But to actually be able to bless others and do good simply can not be wrong, unless love has been lost in this world.

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