Recent questions tagged wealth

Description : If you’re the richest person in the world, would you risk your life flying into space?

Last Answer : What else are you going to do? You can buy everything else. I’ll bet the former Mrs. Bezos is glad she has her half under her control, so she doesn’t need to screw with the estate if Bezos doesn’t come home.

Description : Who is the most in debt person in history ?

Last Answer : Methuselah.

Description : Would one be happy being a billionare?

Last Answer : The attentions and endeavors of others who would like some of your wealth and may be willing to mess with you in order to get some.

Description : What is your opinion of this show of wealth ? Fine or disgusting?

Last Answer : I would be willing to sniff the billionaires nuts and fetch for such a life.

Description : Do Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet care about who is the richest?

Last Answer : I doubt they care. Perhaps they find the whole thing amusing.

Description : What constitutes being "rich" or "wealthy"?

Last Answer : answer:It's subjective. To me,you're rich,when your disposable income is higher than an average person's total income. You're wealthy when you have too much money to even realistically spend. And you're ... the residence of the most powerful person in the world ) will be a big step down in luxury .

Description : You are the sole recipient of 800 million dollars, how will your life change?

Last Answer : answer:My family could get the dental work they need. I could pay off my student loans as well as my sons. I could grocery shop without counting every penny I spend. I could get the muffler fixed on our ... over $10k. I'd have such a weight lifted off my shoulders I wouldn't know what to do next.

Description : Would you say that some people never obtain wealth even though they desire it, is because they can never imagine they can achieve it?

Last Answer : Yes. If you think you can you might. If you think you can’t you’re right.

Description : For a really large amount of money would you become a slave for a limited time?

Last Answer : Sounds like grade school… I think I already did that for free. Sounds like a sweet deal. But no I wouldn’t if I went back that way I would kill myself. I don’t want any more pain.

Description : Can a ”Silver Spoon” person have struggled enough literally to empathize with the struggle of the poor to be truly thankful?

Last Answer : absolutely not if you were born into it. If you were self-made then possibly

Description : Is it vulgar and distasteful to live like this if you've earned it? Or wasteful?

Last Answer : It is vulgar and disgusting. Every cent that went into this display of opulence, is money that was denied to an insured person that needed medical treatment. That house is built on the suffering and death of millions.

Description : Do you really think that taking back control from the .01% {wealthy elite} and giving it to the middle class will actually work?

Last Answer : Unfortunately, a large proportion of the middle class don’t accept the fact that their trip to impoverishment has anything to do with the 1%.

Description : ~ Is it worth the effort to become a billionare?

Last Answer : Or is there something in between that is more reasonable to aspire to than either of those?

Description : Since the future is a mystery, isn't the goal of acquiring wealth totally reasonable? Why the antipathy toward the pursuit of wealth?

Last Answer : Who exactly claims to be antipathetic in regards to future financial comfort?

Description : Height and financial success?

Last Answer : From my personal experience, headmasters of independent day schools were, on balance, much taller than the average male.

Description : If you are filthy rich, what ridiculous reason would you use a room in your house for?

Last Answer : A rollercoaster room.

Description : Why do 'liberals' seem to scorn wealth and treat it as if it is unethical to be wealthy?

Last Answer : I consider myself a liberal, and I don’t scorn wealth. I scorn those who build and maintain their wealth at the expense of all others, who break the rules, who have dubious morals, and who seem to have little or no redeeming value outside of their literal value.

Description : Are you on the brink of disaster or the cusp of greatness?

Last Answer : I am teetering inbetween. I could go either way any day now.

Description : Can happiness be bought by money?

Last Answer : It can be bought for a while, but money won’t fill that void in your soul.

Description : Should I hide my wealth?

Last Answer : Hiding some of that wealth sounds like a great idea. I’ll take $50k to start.