{"id":602857,"date":"2017-12-18T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=602857"},"modified":"2017-12-18T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:35:01","slug":"does-creating-wealth-make-you-selfish-and-greedy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=602857","title":{"rendered":"Does Creating Wealth Make You Selfish and Greedy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alexander Green<\/a><\/span> My recent column on \u201cJust How Much Is Enough?\u201d generated comments aplenty from readers.<\/p>\n

Some agreed with a post by John K., \u201cI don’t know how much is enough. I just know I’m not there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others agreed with a reader’s contention that the individuals in the New York Times article I cited \u2013 who believed that \u201cenough\u201d was somewhere between $20 million or $65 million \u2013 were \u201cjust greedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think a better explanation is these folks were \u201cjust dreamers,\u201d since none appeared to be actually doing anything to build a fortune for themselves.<\/p>\n

But are those of us who are creating wealth \u201cgreedy\u201d?<\/p>\n

Greed, of course, is a nebulous but loaded term. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as \u201cintense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet I don’t believe it’s selfish to pursue financial independence.<\/p>\n

You can’t reach your potential or live life to the fullest if you spend your days swimming in concerns about money.<\/p>\n

Money is independence. It liberates you from want, from work that is drudgery, from relationships that confine you. No one is truly free who is a slave to his job, his creditors, his circumstances or his overhead.<\/p>\n

Wealth is the great equalizer. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or woman, black or white, young or old, tall or short, gay or straight, educated or not. If you have money, you have power \u2013 in the best sense.<\/p>\n

Wealth is freedom, security and peace of mind. It allows you to do and be what you want, to support worthy causes, and help those closest to you. It enables you to follow your dreams, to spend your life the way you choose.<\/p>\n

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Money gives you dignity. It gives you choices. That’s why every man and woman has the right \u2013 and perhaps even an obligation \u2013 to achieve some level of financial independence.<\/p>\n

If we have trouble defining how much is enough for ourselves, how can we know if someone else has too much?<\/p>\n

Is it greedy or selfish to want a bigger house, a better car, another ultra-HD, flat-panel TV or the latest and greatest iPhone?<\/p>\n

Isn’t spending money good for the economy? Doesn’t it create jobs?<\/p>\n

And how can it be selfish to want more money if the only two ways to get it are either providing someone with a good or service they want or investing your capital somewhere it’s needed?<\/p>\n

Either way, you’re helping other people \u2013 and earning that money.<\/p>\n

If you earned it legally and want to spend it, why is that wrong? Or how does it become wrong when the wealth \u2013 or the spending \u2013 reaches a certain level?<\/p>\n

No doubt some will point out that ours is a society of great economic inequality \u2013 and that it’s unconscionable for some to have so much while others have so little.<\/p>\n

I have my own thoughts on the subject\u2026 but I’d also like to hear yours first.<\/p>\n

So click here<\/a> to send me your thoughts on \u201cHow Much Is Enough?\u201d and what \u2013 if anything \u2013 should be done to mitigate the economic \u2026read more<\/a> <\/p>\n

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