Why do people care so much about how much money other people make?

Question

I hear people crying all the time about how the governement and others should leave them alone, but then turn around and say that people should not be allowed to be as rich as they are?

You say leave your Uterus alone, I say leave my pocketbook alone.

I am not rich. I dont hate rich poeple and feel more power to anyone who can come up with a great idea to make themselves more money.

Answer 1

Class envy will never go away.

Answer 2

There is an old saying "The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence" or in the neighbour`s backyard.
This is an attitude that makes people`s life bitter, fed by a system that measures success according to how fat the wallet is and how many numbers the bank acct. has.
Instead each one should face their own and unique path to success and realisation, and as others have pointed out leave jealousy out.
What we cand and must do is to persuade and encourage in a positive way is to SHARE, GIVE ... But people are not obligated to do so.

Answer 3

(What has a uterus got to do with your pocketbook?)
There's nothing wrong with being rich. It's HOW you amassed your fortune that matters. If you stole it, or got it through other criminal activities, you don't deserve it. If you earned it then that's a different story.

Answer 4

Thats the problem! The government is stealing from the poor to put money in your pocketbook! You just feel you should keep that money you stole, and giving ANY of it back is redistribution of wealth! Let me give you a clue, stealing from the poor is the same thing! And you are no where near rich! Wait til you begin paying on the 3 1/2 TRILLION in deficit that Bush ran up just so you could pay it! But , heck, blame it on the democrats!

Nothing wrong with being rich, as long as you don't screw people to get it, which is what the rich do!

"DSS hunts for kids after raid: Feds scooped up parents as illegals at ‘sweatshop’
By Dave Wedge
Boston Herald Chief Enterprise Reporter

Thursday, March 8, 2007 - Updated: 01:24 AM EST

State officials are scrambling to track down children left behind at schools and day cares when their parents were detained by an immigration raid on a New Bedford “sweatshop.”

“The troops that stormed the factory are better at corraling people than dealing with family issues,” said state Sen. Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford).

Since 300 federal agents swept into the New Bedford factory Tuesday, reports have poured into the Department of Social Services and other agencies about children being left behind with babysitters, day-care providers and relatives with little information on their parents.

“DSS is on the ground following up on leads about children whose parents never came home yesterday,” said Kyle Sullivan, chief spokesman for Gov. Deval Patrick.

Patrick has called for help from Congress, alleging that DSS was denied access to some of the 327 detainees rounded up at Michael Bianco Inc. and now held at Fort Devens.

Sullivan said the governor had a “positive conversation” last night with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who is in charge of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which conducted the sweep.

“The secretary has offered to work with us with respect to people ICE has identified as possibly having children,” Sullivan said.

Most rounded up in the raid were from Guatemala and El Salvador.

The company’s owner, Francesco Insolia, 50, and three managers are facing federal charges of conspiring to hire illegal aliens. Insolia was reportedly out of jail and back at the factory working yesterday.

Workers were allegedly assisted in obtaining phony work papers, fined for talking and bathroom breaks and worked long hours to pump out military vests and other gear under the company’s $91 million government contract, federal officials allege" . Boston Herald

Geeze hiring illegals on a $91 Million dollar GOVERNMENT contract! And this is the top of the Iceberg!

See how the rich get rich? And you want those practices to continue?

Answer 5

Because people who are rich dont typically use their money for unselfishness. They indulge in their fancy cars, big houses, and caviar, while the poor just keep getting poorer, and the middle class has to work harder.

Answer 6

Jealousy. Pure jealousy.

Answer 7

Live a simple life and take care of your fellow man. This is forgotten when you are swimming in cash.

Answer 8

For the rich to live comfortably, there must be an adequate supply of the poor. - Voltaire.

Wealth creates poverty.

Answer 9

Just being plain noise, that's all just want to get into your business.

Answer 10

I agree