rich Vs. poor!!! who among them is a better human being?

India
August 31, 2009 2:03pm CST
i think a very few portion of rich people are there who help the poor to uplift them. while a large number of poor people are there who think that they should have been better if they were rich. they should help the people a alot than others and have done good to the community or neighbour hood also which the rich people are not doing. they are just thinking about oneself.
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@gmode8 (60)
• United States
31 Aug 09
Who is "they"? Unless you have met every rich person and every poor person and all of those in between you can't judge who is helping who and who is doing what. I don't think that the amount of money someone has determines how they feel about thier fellow man. If a person is caring and generous they will be so no matter how much or how little money they have.
• Romania
31 Aug 09
nice one
@nana1944 (1364)
• United States
1 Sep 09
gmode8, very good comment. I agree with you as I am on widow's benefits and I help all I can. My parents, who did not have very much, helped a lot of people. My daddy had a salvage yard and was crippled with arthritis as long as I remembered and that was when I was about 2 and a half or 3 years old. Back in the 40's when I was raised, when there were nine kids and the man couldn't get a job with a physical impairment, you did the best you could. Wewere raised equal opportunity (when it wasn't a catch phrase). The six boys learned how to cook and clean if they wanted to which they did. The three girls had the same option and my older sister and I learned to do some mechanic work. The eldest sister did not want to learn mechanic work. Also, I learned to run a cutting torch and to grade steel. And I was good with a sledge hammer to break cast iron in pieces that were easier to lift to load on railroad cars to be shipped to Chi-town and Motown. Chicago and Detroit. There are some good people no matter what they have as far as assets and some don't make a show out of what they do for others. I met one such man in a truckstop I waited tables about fifteen years ago. Really busy but he was very understanding and did not know a group of people that I had waited and paid for their bill of over one hundred dollars and told them just to give me a good tip. It was ahundred and twenty dollars for my tip they gave me. The man who paid the bill then came in After they left and asked me if they had given me a good enough tip! If they hadn't he was going to give me more. I assured him that it was very good. He asked me not to forget him and I haven't. But I would recoginize if I should ever see him again. It helped a lot as my son-in-law did not have but a little over minimumwage job and I helped them with their kids. I wish I could see the man and tell him thank you again.
@gmode8 (60)
• United States
1 Sep 09
Thank you Nana. Like you I know that there are many many good people out there who help others and are not financially sound. My late husband was a local celebrity and when he was diagnosed with cancer there was a fund raiser for him. We were overwhelmed at the generousity of the community. It humbled us and made me so proud of those who live in the area. I could never "love" someone because of how much money they have. Kindness, honesty and integrity are what matters to me. When my husband was alive I had all the love a woman could ever want and material things meant nothing to me My cup abundantly ran over.
@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
1 Sep 09
I don't think either one is necessarily better than the other. Just because somebody has money doesn't automatically make them a better human. There are those monied people who do wonderful things for others, just because they can, and there are some that only will do for themselves. Then there's poor who are just as generous, maybe not with money, but with time and effort and other things that count more than mere money. I think the measure of a man is not their money, but what lies within their heart. And when they're willing to share from their wallet to help those who are less fortunate than themselves, that is a good thing and a true measure of that person!
• India
1 Sep 09
i think it becomes a responsibility of a rich person to take hold of yearly occassions of the neighbourhood. like decorating the gully on his own power but here we people have to collect little money from all neighbours for such cause. this is a very small thing for them, the rich people of our neighbour hood but they do not care to take responsibilities.
@vandana7 (100282)
• India
1 Sep 09
I beg to differ here. Rich become rich by their efforts (70 pecent perspiration, 29 percent corruption and 01 percent inspiration). They create jobs that feed not only their employees, but the families of their employees. Not only feed, but clothe, shelter and educate these families. And this becomes almost a lifelong contract. When we give to charities, it is one time payment and that is it. It doesnt cover any of these requirements completely, leave alone it becoming a lifelong commitment. Just because the rich man's effort fetches him as well in process it does not become any less a contribution than mine. This is because I too feel better when I give something to some charity. And I am respected for it. So why do we deny the richman the respect he deserves, just because he is not bragging about it, or has no time to project it like that? And think about it, I could have slogged like some of my other colleagues and fellow students, become very rich like them. But I enjoyed my life while they struggled. How does it become their responsibility to look after me, when god gave me everything that they had? If a poor man is poor because he gambles, or has too many children, or has no desire to work, or is a drunkard, how does it become the responsibility of the rich to take their responsibility on themselves. And after feeding as many people as they may not even be aware of, the rich man still comes forward for some charities. Wow. I appreciate guys like Bill Gates. :-)
@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
21 Sep 09
Hey, You cannot rate a person on whether they are rich or poor, that is not the way it goes. What matters is who the person is, not what they own or anything like that. That is selfish talk, they are all equal. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!
• Philippines
31 Aug 09
It's the average people wins! lol, It's same, people think they can do better if they were in that place, but once on it, they do nothing. ^_^ just as the same as what they are. better not be poor, and better not be rich ^_~ it's happier to be in the middle class. happy myloting ^_^
• India
1 Sep 09
i love being in the middle position bcoz both rich and poor have many different problems in their life.
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
for me, i think the poor has more touch in humanity better than the rich.Even though there are some rich people who devoted to helping the poor, some of them were poor before. Because when you are rich, it's either you choose to be smart and mature or simply you get all out of control and do things madly..madly that you just started poking and hurting other people...
• United States
1 Sep 09
I was born into a fairly rich family. I couldn't help that! Does that mean I have less compassion or less generosity, or less awareness of those around me than someone who wasn't? Does my character get judged on an accident of birth? I am in a different position now, but I have seen it from both sides, and I have seen an awful lot of judgement of rich people just because they are rich, like they should feel bad for inheriting that just because thats their family, or because their family might have WORKED for it to get to that position. If rich people judge poor peoples characters on having less money, that is obviously wrong. But it seems to be acceptable for people to say rich people are more selfish or whatever, without knowing them. Just a thought! I should say I was laid off from my job and have NO money now so Iam not coming at this from the 'rich' side of the coin anymore...lol....more as a kid who had abuse yelled at her in the street walking to school because she had a private school uniform on.
• Indonesia
1 Sep 09
Yes, Rich people usually are more selfish. But not all rich people like that. Let's positive thingking to the rich people. The rich people are so many activities, so the time together with the neighbors is reduced. Even the time for his family also reduced. I wanted to be rich, if I was rich I can help other (poor) people.
@anangf (1146)
• Indonesia
1 Sep 09
Nice responses as usual.. And to became rich people, there are some way from online earnings.. As you do with your part time activities. i am a poor guy sure you can help me.lol. happy myLot
• Philippines
8 Sep 09
They can be a better person if they want to. A poor people will always be poor if they will not do anything to escape their situation. Eventhough they are poor if they have a good heart adn they are willing to help even though they are poor that makes them a better person. Morevoer, a rich person will be a better person when they are open minded and giver to those who need their help.If they will become rich on the way that they will not step on other and not being selfish and they are willing to share their blessing, they can be a better person.
@eshaan (6188)
• India
12 Sep 09
no coolcat..i dont agree completely with you...its sometimes like rich are also very good human beings, but either practicality..or situations or sometimes beng too much busy makes them kind of rude or u may say that they seem to be rude but they are not really like that...on the other hand if poor instead of blaming rich people all the time, if they devote some time in good fruitful things..they may also become rich...so i think that it all depends on different people..both rich and poor class have good and bad people among them..so we cant categorize good and bad on the basis of money
@rb200406 (1824)
• India
7 Sep 09
Well there are both good & bad people around.But i don't think that just by giving free things to poor & destitutes can solve the problem.I have seen able people just begging in front of temples & mosques as they don't want to do anything.Just giving free things encourages laziness.Many poor people are just poor as they dont want to work & they have lots ofg children also.Help should be given to children who are orphan & old people who cannot work and those who cannot work due to some disability.
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
we can't say that one is better than the other. It really depends on the person, regardless of whether they are rich or poor. I know many rich people who are very helpful but there are also those who think only of themselves, preferring to live an affluent lifestyle. They don't think of helping others, especially the poor. There are poor people who are very helpful because they know how it feels to have financial difficulties that's why they help others. And whenever there comes a time when they would also need help, those people can in turn help them too. But come to think of it, there are poor people who change their attitudes when they become rich. Being a better human being is not really measured in terms of richness but in terms of the values that are manifested in you.
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
for me, i think the poor has more touch in humanity better than the rich.Even though there are some rich people who devoted to helping the poor, some of them were poor before. Because when you are rich, it's either you choose to be smart and mature or simply you get all out of control and do things madly..madly that you just started poking and hurting other people...
• United States
1 Sep 09
OK..Let me start it here.. When I was in high school I worked with a fella who delivered the morning paper in Cincinnati. As it happened, he had 2 routes. One was in lower Price Hill (black, white and mainly poor welfare folk. Very few of the 'old' families remained). The other was in Delhi Township just to the other side of the city line kinda sandwiched between Sayler Park (by the river) and Western Hills. Keep in mind that this was, as Liz often says, '..back in the day..' when you actually walked door to door to collect for the paper. Weather was not a deterent. Anyway, more often than not it was in Lower Price Hill that, on those hot days, I'd get invites to 'Come set in the shade a bit and cool off..' 'Want some water or iced tea?' while in Delhi Township folks would close the door in my face so as not to waste the air-conditioning. Rarely was I offered anything to drink. In the rainy and winter weather, imagine that, it was the poorer folks who'd offer me a place to sit in their livingroom to warm up. They'd offer coffee or hot cocoa while the folks on the other side in Delhi worried about wasting their heat and, surprise, never offered anything to drink to help kill the chill. Come christmas time was when the Delhi folk kicked in as it was their obligation to tip 'those' people who do 'that' job. Now I'll not disparage the money. To a teen-age kid those lump sums looked good, but the apologies from the friends I'd made from Price Hill who couldn't afford to..hmmm..to give in lump sum what they had given all year long, without feeling 'obligated' to do so.. To this day I'll do for poor and homeless folk with no hesitation with what I can. I'd suspect, given the above, that it is less the rich or poor. In all honesty I have known poor folks who were quite greedy and no matter how much they accumulated, they still claimed 'Too poor to..'. Likewise, I have known folks (a couple) who were not as rich as their generosity showed but who never had 'Too little to..'. The first is my dad (depression era farm boy in Ohio). The second is my mom (depression era inner-city in Texas). It is what we learn that makes us who we are, not what we have. Poor folks know the depression and disparity of not having. Some learn to hate it so much that they wish it on no one and fight it by sharing what they have. I'm a fighter!!...ENJOY!
@justdoitz (129)
• India
1 Sep 09
I think no one is rick in this world.well i am sure no one will agree to this but what does a rich means?? I mean poor people need money and rick people need More Money then how can they be rich? Today everyone need money and everyone are running here and there for just money wheather it is rich or poor and what i think that rich person runs more as compare to the poor people. We can not say who is better human being by just comparing rich and poor. Any one can be a good human being. What i personally feel that a poor people sleep wells at night as compare to rich people because a rich man has more sensitive life and he has to think about so many things bussiness, his personal affairs, society, debts etc. but poor man just do the work and get tired and took his meal and sleep well at night.
• United States
1 Sep 09
I don't really think you can generalize either way, though I know what you mean. I think there are generous people and selfish people on both sides. I have known rich people who use their wealth wisely to help others, and I have known rich people where you think, 'wow, you can see how they got rich, they never parted with a o penny for anyone else.'..lol I have also known poor people who are just too busy being bitter to think about how they can help anyone, but on the other hand I have personally experienced people who have only the shirt on their back but would still giveit to you if they thought you needed it. There is an assumption sometimes that 'oh, those people are rich so they should be doing whatever' but then its easy to sit and say that, when those of us with less money can still look at our OWN lives and work out where we can do something for others, whether its in money or time or help in some other way.
@roberten (3128)
• United States
1 Sep 09
Regardless of station, there are good and bad in all people; there is no better or worse as we are all equal as beings. Where the divide begins is in our individual actions. Having lived among the rich and the poor; I find that the poor tend to be more charitable and humble while the rich seem to be a bit more self-absorbed. They both do lots of good when it comes to helping their fellow man but their motivation tend to vary. When you strip away the labels, people are people are people leaving us all BASICALLY the same. "Better" is to subjective to judge.
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
1 Sep 09
The goodness in a man's heart is not measured by the size of his purse. As long as the person with the money has obtained it legally and through hard work or intelligence it belongs to him and they can do what they want with it. Nobody else is entitled to a portion of it.
@dianmelydia (2269)
• Indonesia
31 Aug 09
Both rich and poor people are good as human being. The problem is, perhaps, on their difference fate. Probably we can easily find a story about a bad rich man who don't want to help other people, especially poor people. But it doesn't mean all the rich man are same with that one on the story. Rich man should help other people and usually they have their own way to help other people, for instance you can see Bill Gates with his Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation. Even the richest man in this planet has a kind heath. Not only himself but also his wife has such kindness to helping other people who are really living in poor conditions. They helped many people who live in third countries. They have, so they help. Poor people should be more impetous in their life because if they are lazy, then they can't change their life. I believe that both rich and poor are living in this world on their own position as part of our society. This is life. Good luck and have a nice day. Happy mylotting.
@taztheone (1721)
• India
31 Aug 09
I think it depends on the character & heart of an Individual than the differentiation of rich & poor. There are many good people among rich as well as poor. Being good or bad depends on their environment, how they brought up & mainly their character.
@jen14ed (865)
• Philippines
1 Sep 09
life is so unfair because they have poor and rich in this world you said rich Vs. poor well rich is poor is same human being is same people the only not the same is the rich is a lot of money rich is she can buy anythings he want and she can travel around the world she can pay anythings she can buy anythings... if the money is involve up course the rich is win.. because the poor is no money. but there are no contest with two of us rich and poor. the poor are no money she can not buy anythings he want because she is no money..
@PureBitz (34)
• Canada
1 Sep 09
People are neither good nor bad, they are in the middle. It's very hard to judge a person by vague terms such as good or bad. Since everyone has different standards. To force your standards (not directed to anyone) is pretty arrogant. Although everyone is entitled to their opinion. x) My 2 cents, if a person helps another person in a "positive" (as in stereotyped good) way that person must have some "good" in them. No matter how much money they have.