Money, how much is enough?

Question

I'm just curious. Take for instance famous people getting divorced. I heard recently that the soon to be ex wife was offered over $50 million dollars as a settlement and that wasn't good enough!!!! Are you kidding me? How much money do you really need? You know she won't be donating to charities or helping mankind in anyway, so why is that not enough?
I understand that some rich people work their butts off to earn their money, and they can spend it anyway they want, but when there are people starving, economies crashing, wars happening, and our environment dying and they are dropping $100,000 a night in Vegas or buying their umpteenth car I just don't see how that makes sense.
I know there are a lot of celebrities and rich people that do donate their time and money to cancer research, environment studies, children's organizations etc, but what about the millions of people that have more money they they can ever spend and just spend it on lavish things that are uneccesary?

Sorry I know this is a total rant, but I just think that being worth millions and even billions of dollars you should want to help others because you know you can help and make a difference. Does anyone agree?

Answer 1

I do agree with you.

Money lasts at most one lifetime, usually less. Money is fickle and not a true source of happiness, especially not above a modest level. Gibran, the author of "The Progphet" said that the truest DIScontent comes from worrying about things even when one has plenty of them, he said that the appetite that can never be satisfied is the worst hunger, the bank account that is never enough is the worst poverty. Some people have to learn to give to others. Others have yet to learn the value of simple living. As economists we often work as if price and value were synonyms, but in living they are not really.

Answer 2

i agree, my parents are "rich" and i ask them to donate money whenever they can.