Mar 22nd, 2007
Five reasons why getting rich is NOT immoral
Along the same lines as “Why do you want to get rich?” is the question of “is it immoral to get rich?”
Quite simply it is not. If you can’t figure it out for yourself, maybe you don’t deserve to get rich, but I will help you out anyway. Here are some reasons that it is not immoral to get rich.
1) The market does not care if you invest in it. It couldn’t care less. If you are not making money then you are wasting your opportunity, and someone else IS getting rich.
2) If you do not like a companie’s ethics, then don’t buy their stock. It’s that simple. Hell, buy their competitor’s stock!
3) Charity. Get rich, and donate your money to charity. Is helping thousands of people with food donations….or better yet spending millions to help people setup systems to feed themselves immoral? I think not.
4) Volunteer. The less you have to work, the more you can volunteer.
5) Being rich does not mean being greedy.
I might add more later, and there is a lot more to dive into but I am sick of hearing about people talking about “living in poverty” as if its the only way to be a good person. Give me a break.