Does wealth affect the way we answer a question? If so why?
2006-08-07 11:30:23 · 7 answers · asked by Iteachdailey4u 3 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Great question. I would say that a wealthy person's answer would mean a great deal if the question pertained to the accumulation of wealth. If, on the other hand, I had a question about music or poetry, Bill Gates may not be the right guy to ask.
My experience with wealthy people is that there just isn't any way to clump them together once you strip away the surface element of dough-re-me. I've known rich folks that were nasty, and also unbelievably kind. I've seen them with PhD.'s, and 8th grade education. Some must have exquisite things, some are slobs.
Some are criminals, some are unbelievably ethical.
I think wealth can isolate you if you are not careful. I've seen everyday people become more reclusive as their assets grew,
developing a mistrust of people's motives. A great success story, however, is Bill & Melinda Gates, and their systematic philanthropy. They have figured out what money is for, and I think their lives are much richer for it.
Wealthy people like being around me because I love them in spite of, not because of, their financial position. To answer your question (finally) I don't care anything about someone else's money (or lack thereof), be it a question answered or just sitting around chewing the fat.
2006-08-08 18:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by Elwood Blues 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not the fact that they have wealth, but the type of person they are more likely to be if they have wealth. Wealthy people tend to be more conservative and educated.
2006-08-07 19:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An answer from a welathy person would mean LESS to me. People with too much money don't understand the real world the rest of us have to live in. This is the problem with America today, the assumption that money = intelligence.
2006-08-07 19:47:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on the question and if their wealth was self made. I don't think inherited money increases intelligence if anything it decreases especially common sense.
2006-08-08 10:40:55 · answer #4 · answered by Applecore782 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person is smart enough to acquire a massive amount of money, maybe they should get my attention when they are giving me the benefit of their knowledge.
When E.F. Hutton speaks.......
However, if someone with no money would offer an answer that pertained to my question, I would listen to them, too.
I guess that makes me an equal opportunity girl.
2006-08-07 23:54:13 · answer #5 · answered by NANCY K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More to almost most of them becouse such an answer is listened seemingly more attentively. Seemingly more attentively to secure for oneself generosity if any rest with rich answerer. Some people may like like to pay more attention to check for any suggestion on how to be rich.
2006-08-08 05:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by bainsal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no importance at all unless their question to me is: do you want all my $$$$$$$?
2006-08-07 18:44:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋