Is it immoral to make a certain amount or have a certain amount of wealth? [View all]

Simple question. Is it immoral to make a certain amount or have a certain amount of wealth?

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Is it immoral to make a certain amount or have a certain amount of wealth? [View all]	BrentWil	Dec 2012	OP
It's not the amount. It's how you got it	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2012	#1
Yep. (nt)	Posteritatis	Dec 2012	#45
what you do with it ?	DRS	Dec 2012	#62
Legally, yes, but that's not what we're talking about.	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2012	#66
Or if it's such an amount that you have to keep it offshore...	dchill	Dec 2012	#101
Interesting point	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2012	#106
Or more likely, a moral hurricane.	dchill	Dec 2012	#110
That's another good point.	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2012	#111
And as importantly, how you treat other people when you are rich.	teddy51	Dec 2012	#2
It's not the amount, it's how you got it	Throd	Dec 2012	#3
It is when you gain that wealth at the cost of those around you	liberal N proud	Dec 2012	#4
It is inhuman to cheat people, even if it's legal, to get there (eom)	NYC_SKP	Dec 2012	#5
It's what you did to get it.	JaneyVee	Dec 2012	#6
If you're talking amassing more money than one can spend in, say, a hundred lifetimes, yes.	GreenEyedLefty	Dec 2012	#7
So it is ok to make people poor as long as you give some back to charity?	liberal N proud	Dec 2012	#8
No, and while I can see how you might get that from my post, that is not what I meant to imply.	GreenEyedLefty	Dec 2012	#11
Please explain	liberal N proud	Dec 2012	#14
I apologize for my posts last night... I was quite emotional and tired	GreenEyedLefty	Dec 2012	#41
Well put	DRS	Dec 2012	#65
What if you use it to build a plant that makes you richer but also employs hundreds of workers?	dkf	Dec 2012	#30
Philanthropy cannot create value?	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#43
Would you rather be handed $10,000 one time or be employed?	dkf	Dec 2012	#91
$10,000 or a $1 per day job?	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#92
$1/day? Where do you live? Ethiopia?	dkf	Dec 2012	#93
I live here	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#94
yes but	marions ghost	Dec 2012	#87
It's not a simple question, if there's not a simple number next to it	Xipe Totec	Dec 2012	#9
Simple answer: No, not of itself	Hekate	Dec 2012	#10
Why isn't it? NT	BrentWil	Dec 2012	#12
.....	Stinky The Clown	Dec 2012	#13
no	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2012	#15
Some examples of "immoral"	ProSense	Dec 2012	#16
What is the reasoning behind the question?	devilgrrl	Dec 2012	#17
You should recognize it by now	RandiFan1290	Dec 2012	#34
It is immoral to make any more than I do	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#18
Do you think it's immoral?	subterranean	Dec 2012	#19
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle...	hunter	Dec 2012	#20
Hmm...You idea on how they should be treated isn't very Jesus based. NT	BrentWil	Dec 2012	#32
It is absolutely "Jesus based"	hunter	Dec 2012	#54
That's one of the stupidest canards RWNJs repeat about the left.	eShirl	Dec 2012	#21
Shah he's on a roll	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#25
no it's how you got the money...	one_voice	Dec 2012	#22
No.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#23
Question centers around what is right and wrong	Trillo	Dec 2012	#24
It isn't the amount, per se	MrScorpio	Dec 2012	#26
I will leave morality out of it...nice RW talking point by the way	nadinbrzezinski	Dec 2012	#27
So much condemning and saying I am "right" wing	BrentWil	Dec 2012	#33
No,	elleng	Dec 2012	#28
yes when that wealth causes others to not be able to have survival,	undergroundpanther	Dec 2012	#29
Not everyone gets rich by screwing someone else	democrattotheend	Dec 2012	#58
Not true	guardian	Dec 2012	#59
I can be very ignostic about this....	defacto7	Dec 2012	#31
Yes.	MrSlayer	Dec 2012	#35
It is immoral to never have enough.	aandegoons	Dec 2012	#36
yes.	HiPointDem	Dec 2012	#37
No..	sendero	Dec 2012	#38
No, it's not.	NYC Liberal	Dec 2012	#39
No, but let's not assume they're doing anything with that wealth except lining their own coffers.	HughBeaumont	Dec 2012	#40
It is inhumane to hoard vast resources while others have nothing	Marrah_G	Dec 2012	#42
You know, it probably is	union_maid	Dec 2012	#44
Yes.	GeorgeGist	Dec 2012	#46
I think it's immoral to hoard money when people are starving	gollygee	Dec 2012	#47
Is there such a thing as morality, and if so, whose morality are you talking about	Coyotl	Dec 2012	#48
Depends if you made it honestly, not legally mind you, but honestly	Cleita	Dec 2012	#49
Is it immoral that JK Rowling sold so many damn books?	mainer	Dec 2012	#50
She lives in England right?	Marrah_G	Dec 2012	#63
On which income she gladly, PROUDLY paid her taxes.	eShirl	Dec 2012	#74
The question was whether it's immoral that she's rich	mainer	Dec 2012	#80
No	Incitatus	Dec 2012	#77
I know plenty of people who make their wealth in ways like Rowling	mainer	Dec 2012	#81
no	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#51
God, and the devil, are in the details	riqster	Dec 2012	#52
No, it's not immoral...	macwriter	Dec 2012	#53
Definitely not to make a certain amount	democrattotheend	Dec 2012	#55
Nope	JustAnotherGen	Dec 2012	#56
This is a good, complicated question	jollyreaper2112	Dec 2012	#57
"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime" Still true today. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#60
What "great crimes" did JK Rowling commit? (nt)	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#61
I thought about answering this and the other two replies. It would be long and require	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#71
You thought about answering it, but realized that JK Rowling has a great fortune,	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#79
No, but as I said. It would require far too much time to explain for no purpose.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#85
OK. That makes perfect sense.	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#89
Is the "I haven't the time to explain my wisdom to fools like you" attitude a crime?	Silent3	Dec 2012	#95
OK here's the shortest version. Participation in a crime is a crime.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#96
Some people get it, some people don't.	PETRUS	Dec 2012	#97
Well put. Most didn't get it when Balzac said it over a century ago and most	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#99
Balzac made money from his writing.	Silent3	Dec 2012	#107
And was born into a wealthy family. Might have aided in his perception, don't you think?	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#108
Since Balzac didn't generate a "great fortune" for himself then somehow his for-profit publishers...	Silent3	Dec 2012	#112
Book publishing is criminal? Movie making is criminal?	Silent3	Dec 2012	#98
hmmmmmm...	BrentWil	Dec 2012	#68
No ... What crime did the founder of COSTCO commit? nt	Raine	Dec 2012	#70
Egalitarian Thug's time is apparently very valuable,	Nye Bevan	Dec 2012	#90
Yes.	oldhippie	Dec 2012	#64
What side of "make a certain amount" or "have a certain amount" scale of immorality are you on?	haele	Dec 2012	#67
+1000 nt	laundry_queen	Dec 2012	#100
No but it's immoral to have your boot on the neck of people	Raine	Dec 2012	#69
No, but having great wealth and doing nothing to benefit the less fortunate is contemptible. nt	Incitatus	Dec 2012	#72
My what an incredibly subjective question you asked there.	Rex	Dec 2012	#73
The drive to accumulate more than we could ever use,	ronnie624	Dec 2012	#75
you damn well know the answer to that	Skittles	Dec 2012	#76
Not at all.	raouldukelives	Dec 2012	#78
In and of itself? Nnnnnnope.	cherokeeprogressive	Dec 2012	#82
Yes it is immoral	cpwm17	Dec 2012	#83
It depends on how one accumulated that wealth.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#84
no, Mitt	Enrique	Dec 2012	#86
Look at how the money was made...	marions ghost	Dec 2012	#88
This message was self-deleted by its author	ann---	Dec 2012	#102
NO, not at all.	lalalu	Dec 2012	#103
No.	MoonchildCA	Dec 2012	#104
The capitalist system is immoral	limpyhobbler	Dec 2012	#105
Yes.	Zoeisright	Dec 2012	#109