Rich Americans

@Jalany (19)
United States
April 24, 2007 2:21pm CST
I'm curious what other people think about Americans being so rich compared to other countries. Are we smarter/better/luckier? What would it take to even things out accross this world?
1 response
wachit14
@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
24 Apr 07
It has nothing to do with being better, smarter or luckier. The operative word is "opportunity". If you ever saw the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness", then you can see that only in America can a man who becomes homeless, creates an opportunity to become a millionaire. If other countries could offer the same opportunities to their citizens then that would level the playing field.
Jalany
@Jalany (19)
• United States
29 Apr 07
So freedom is the key to America's success? Or private property? Almost sounds like propaganda for encouraging democracy but I believe that argument holds a lot of merit.