why is it very wealthy people never have enough-GREED?????

[bha100]

When is enough, even when they have more money they could ever spend, is it more than just GreeD

This is the best explanation i have found, can you anyone offer better?

The very rich don't want to pay tax for three reasons:


First, money is lovely and having lots of it is better than not having lots of it.

Second, some very wealthy people collect money and giving it away ruins
the aesthetic of the pile they have. It's an inclination common to all
collectors.
For example, over time I have accumulated a few hundred books. Although
they are of varying quality and there are many I will never read again (or
read at all), the prospect of giving any of them away makes me very
protective. There'll be a hole in the shelf where it was. I would miss any of
them - even the Twilight series.
It's unlikely the Mexican druglords, Chinese property developers and
mineral-rich African dictators sit in a library of money, rearranging the
bills by alphabetical order and genre, but the impulse to hoard is the
same.

Finally, it's about trust. Wealth gives people confidence. Confidence
makes them sure of their opinions, and one of their opinions is that they are
much better at spending their money than the government is. Allied to this is
the fact that for many wealthy people, the tax is not deducted at source. They
have to volunteer it.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Either way, everyone I have ever met with a significant amount of money, has been a complete and utter cock. Usually friendless, apart from the people they employ or 'donate' to, and usually very quick to remind people of how much money they have. Almost always bereft of emotion/personality.

 

[Albumen]

The greed never dies, even when f***ing the whole country for it.

 

[pastafarian]

Either way, everyone I have ever met with a significant amount of money, has been a complete and utter cock. Usually friendless, apart from the people they employ or 'donate' to, and usually very quick to remind people of how much money they have. Almost always bereft of emotion/personality.

i have met very wealthy people who are the total opposite of how you describe them to be.

i guess the trick is to expand your social experience and dont judge everyone by a simplistic yardstick

if every rich person you have ever met is a friendless cock bereft of emotion i think that says more about you and your friends and associates and the people you meet as opposed to the status of rich people in general

 

[pastafarian]

Allied to this is the fact that for many wealthy people, the tax is not deducted at source. They
have to volunteer it.

genius......i forgot that people that are "poorer" have all their tax deducted at source,i must remember to tell that to the self employed and the struggling small business owners

im guessing you are not a financial advisor.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

That Tony Bloom is a greedy fucker - giving over £100m to the Albion. And how ruddy dare Bill Gates donate billions in trying to rid the world of malaria.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

The word philanthropy would not exist if what you said were all true.

 

[beorhthelm]

That Tony Bloom is a greedy fucker - giving over £100m to the Albion. And how ruddy dare Bill Gates donate billions in trying to rid the world of malaria.

this. its sad how people confuse success with "greed". no one wants to pay taxes, most accept it as part of a social contract, its better for us in the long term and broader well being if the love is spread. the much maligned top 10% pay over half of all taxes collected, yet people say thats not enough... isnt that greed?

 

[Justice]

Either way, everyone I have ever met with a significant amount of money, has been a complete and utter cock. Usually friendless, apart from the people they employ or 'donate' to, and usually very quick to remind people of how much money they have. Almost always bereft of emotion/personality.

You have been unlucky and met a hoard of rich bellends, my boss is rich and a lovely guy also very generous

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Some people just don't comprehend ambition and drive in other humans. Combine these two things and people will generally end up doing OK. Get the right idea and take the right risks and you'll end up loaded.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Jealousy is a nasty emotion.

 

[Return of the Rev]

The word philanthropy would not exist if what you said were all true.

Better to share your cash around but that does not make you a nice bloke,sometimes its their only way to feel good about themselves.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Better to share your cash around but that does not make you a nice bloke,sometimes its their only way to feel good about themselves.

Most philanthropists do it anonymously so there's not much for them to gain from doing it in terms of adulation. I think giving away lots of cash you're entitled to feel good about yourself.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Most philanthropists do it anonymously so there's not much for them to gain from doing it in terms of adulation. I think giving away lots of cash you're entitled to feel good about yourself.

Still don't make them nice blokes

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Still don't make them nice blokes

Well to a degree it does make them inherently a good person. If there was no empathy towards less fortunate people they'd never consider doing it. Empathy isn't something "not nice" people tend to have.

 

[Simster]

I think different rules govern the super wealthy. If you have so much money that a few million here or there isn't going to make a difference to your lifestyle, then the need to keep hoarding money is bordering on a physciatric condition. I'm thinking Nicholas Van Hoogstraten.

Of course, the comfortably off middle classes are considered rich to some. It always irked me as a kid doing a paper round that the tightest Christmas tippers were always the rounds on the long meandering lanes with multiple 4/5/6 bed houses and a merc and jeep outside. The more working class areas with houses nitted next to each other always paid a lot more!

 

[Return of the Rev]

well to a degree it does make them inherently a good person. If there was no empathy towards less fortunate people they'd never consider doing it. Empathy isn't something "not nice" people tend to have.

So when Hitler reduced the prices of holidays for the german people that made him a nice bloke

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

So when Hitler reduced the prices of holidays for the german people that made him a nice bloke

That has absolutely no relevance to philanthropy.

That is propaganda.

The difference is one wanted the whole nation to know of their actions, the others don't.

 

[piersa]

i have met very wealthy people who are the total opposite of how you describe them to be.

i guess the trick is to expand your social experience and dont judge everyone by a simplistic yardstick

if every rich person you have ever met is a friendless cock bereft of emotion i think that says more about you and your friends and associates and the people you meet as opposed to the status of rich people in general

I agree with you, I know plenty of people with money (not me sadly) who are great people and good friends. It is the jealousy from other people that drives the problems.

 

[piersa]

You have been unlucky and met a hoard of rich bellends, my boss is rich and a lovely guy also very generous

got any jobs?