Hi Dude, Not sure I can play well on this topic, to many people see money as evil. I believe that if you have earned your money (Or been even given it, or won it) most people have placed the effort needed to earn it, and/or taken the risk needed to gain it that others have not. If I can afford to send my kids to an exclusive school, I should be able to. Many believe it is unfair that their kids cannot go. I disagree, it’s not about fairness. Their seems to be a belief that because others have its unfair to those that don't, I don't agree with that. You would think by my belief system, I am one who has, I don't. I have not been willing to pay the price in time or in risk to get in a better situation. Our son is currently not in the best fit school for him because I cannot afford to move into the area of the school. I do not see this as an issue of others having, and I deserve what they have. People who have taken the risks and sacrificed deserve what money can purchase. If you are referring to undue influence, arguing against human nature would be difficult, and who defines undue influence anyway?
If it were true that wealth and hard work were related, then we'd see a lot of social mobility, because nobody is more motivated to work hard than someone who is poor. Yet statistically, we see the opposite: social mobility, particularly upward mobility, is reaching historic lows. We also see that childhood SES is a better predictor of future wealth than any other factor... including IQ.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17036544http://www.economist.com/node/15908469Think of it like running a 100-yard dash, where the contestants are all starting at different places. The ones starting at the back can never get ahead, no matter how hard they run. There are others who start so far up that they can finish by merely falling across the line. And everyone else is scattered in between.
In this case, it's hard to point to the top finishers and say, "They
earned it."
