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further than today, though their investment style probably has more foundation than that of other categories of people, since they realize the value of each dollar and use it wisely. Many are poor because of circumstance, and there will always be poor on this planet, though one should never criticize their investment style, since they are investing in something money can't buy, in that the care they give their families and the security in which they bring up their children are investments in the future in themselves.

THE SENSIBLE ONES

Sensible people know their incomes. They know their regular outgoings, and they make allowance for future. These are the traditionalists and those that become the high flyers of the future in some cases, but the advantage that they have is that they have direction that goes beyond what is happening today, beyond having possessions for the sake of possessions, and care sufficiently for their families to secure a future for them.

In an ideal world, everyone would work towards the same kind of goals though this is neither possible nor feasible. Inequality is part of society and we cannot change that. What we can do is address the imbalance by recognizing the faults in our own style of investment for the greater good. Was the designer handbag a good investment ? Of course not when you think that the money spent could have paid for a security for the future or a meal for a hungry family.

We cannot change the way things are with apathy, but we can recognize our individual flaws of investment strategy and try and make ourselves better people with moral values that take us into a more secure future.

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