Quote Originally Posted by rolymiller View Post
I will try to clear it up. Of course, you will try to do best for your kids and family. I do the best I can. The point I am making is that if you are in a privileged position of having wealth you should still think of those less fortunate than yourself eg be willing to pay more taxes etc to help homeless people, fund the national health system etc. As my old mum used to say-quoting her again- dont forget where you came from. In other words some people won't have had the lucky breaks you have for many, many reasons. I am not suggesting that you send money to your old school mates who didn't do so well as you or put yourself on the bread line instead I am trying to suggest that you support others worse off than yourself through the ballot box. I do think there should be a limit to how wealthy any human being can be and I am sure you sure not near that limit. You may have done well for yourself and maybe you think you deserve your wealth which is fair enough but to say anyone can achieve what you have is not true in my opinion no matter how hard someone tries with the hand they have been dealt.

Suppose what I am basically saying is that we should ALL be more altruistic and less materialistic. Its more to do with values rather than wealth.
I don't disagree. It's difficult to respond without appearing to seem like you're looking for some sort of good citizen award, but I don't think I have anything to reproach myself for with regard to my contribution to the state coffers or the assistance I've given to unconnected and unrelated people who are in need of help. The interesting thing is that I wouldn't have been able to do any of that if I hadn't made efforts to move forward...perhaps behaviour you might interpret as indulging in greed?