2006-08-09 07:40:43 · 17 answers · asked by rockstar_dude07 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
because life isnt fair
2006-08-09 07:45:00 · answer #1 · answered by Crankers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not a dumb question. there are alot fo reasons for this.
Unfortunatly poor people are left to pay the same taxes as rich people, and the tax percentages are the same. even though the money they are spending isn't enough enough for what they are spending it on. another reason, si that alot of "poor" people don't ahve the money to go to school and get an education, and are unaware of programs which can aid them. sometimes it is becuase they ahve a learnign disability and through out their lives noone has btohered to help them. for others it goes back tot eh moneyt hing, and they can't find a job without proper clothes and they cna't afford the clothes for these jobs. and then there are the dumb poor people who are poor ebcasue they spend on their moeny on dumb stuff such as drugs and alcohol!
and the reason rich people get richer, same as above there are many reasons...
some people come from families that have money.. so they can afford the educations and the healthcare they need to get ahead in life. and they ahve friends with job that can connect them to good paying jobs, or to resources that can aid them to getting these jobs. some rich people are rich, just becuase of their knowledge of money and the stocks, so because of this knowledge they wisely invest it to become richer.. and some people are jsut horrible and they steal to get rich. they know how to steal from governmnt and the stocks. adn then some are entrepreneurs that jsut got lucky with thier product and money came in...
does that answer it?
2006-08-09 07:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by joyfulpriss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a dumb question at all.
Poor people get poorer for many reasons including:
debt- often have to borrow $$ for necessities, and interest is added to the original amount- thus more debt
Late fees on loans, utilities, rent etc...
No money to save or put away for emergencies(like car/home repairs, illness etc. Just one car problem causes a myriad of financial woes- missed work, big repair bill....
No money to invest in anything
Rich people on the other hand do not have these burdens. It may set them back a bit, but it is not crushing to them financially.
2006-08-09 07:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by rottymom02 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps its the mind set. The rich are in the mode of riches. The poor lack the mentality of prosperity.
2006-08-09 07:51:00 · answer #4 · answered by jmmevolve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the more rich people get rich the poorer the poor look to rich people
2006-08-09 07:45:20 · answer #5 · answered by Tocarra B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a state of mind- if you think you are poor, you will always be poor, no matter how much money you have; same for the rich...
2006-08-09 07:45:22 · answer #6 · answered by northwest.poet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rich people keep making sound financial decisions and poor people don't. That isn't always true, but that is the way most poverty and wealth are caused in our country.
2006-08-09 07:45:21 · answer #7 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're rich, you can invest your money and make it grow. It can earn interest (makes money), buy a business (makes money), buy stocks (makes money or loses money), etc. All poor people can do is go to work everyday and earn just enough money to give it to the rich people.
2006-08-09 07:46:53 · answer #8 · answered by TruthIsFreedom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well let's see tax laws help them, estate laws help them, bankruptcy laws help them. Add to that the fact that it really does take liquid assets to generate more assets, and I think you get the idea. The system is run by the rich, you think they are going to make so that the wealth gets evenly distributed.
2006-08-09 07:48:34 · answer #9 · answered by xphile2015 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a dumb qn, but is the basis of the "Matthew principle", 25:29; Think deeply about it, if you can find the solution. you will get the Noble in Economics!!!
2006-08-09 07:48:23 · answer #10 · answered by kamesvari i 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the rich have money and they keep making it unless they get bankrupt and the poor have nothing to start with so they wont end anywhere.
2006-08-09 07:45:34 · answer #11 · answered by __**gaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋