Should the rich help to look after the poor ?

@localisedgirl Said
its the decent thing to do? because they can? because they have a moral obligation? rubbish, why should somebody give their money away just because theyre deemed selfish? how about the government who deem the minimum wage to be expected to live on? blame should be pointed there rather than ppl who earn more. so, you net a job that earns you a decent amount, your not millions in wealth but can live a happy life, nice house, never worrying for bills etc, and you would be happy that a cut of your wages is to go to someone who earns less than you? leaving you less of your earned money?
i dotn care whatsoever what you would call me, if i earnt whatever amount of money, as far as im concerned, its mine. and mine to provide myself and my family a nice life. i am under no law, nor obligation to make a decision that doesnt benefit others. i find it extremely selfish to expect others to pay for others. wages in my area average ?5 an hour, even a 50 hour week isnt enough to get your mortgage paid and bills etc. but i woudlnt expect someone to give me their money just because i cant earn enough! as ive said, its down to government and employers who dotn pay ppl enough to live on! i also find it disgusting that your quick to slate soemone just because their opinion and choices differ to yours!

@catt35 Said
If someone were to ask me if I thought the government was screwed up and if current wages were unfair I would shout out as loud as I could, "HELL YES!" And, please, please, please get it through your head that I never said rich people should give ALL their earnings (think about Paris Hilton, who was born into money, has never worked a day in her life for the food she eats, spends wayyyyyyyy too much money on clothing and accessories that she wears once, then throws out. That is wasteful, pathetic, and completely wrong!) but more of them should be helping out. No one has ever "given" me anything, I have struggled my a** off to get the very few things I do have...and in doing that I have had three major nervous breakdowns, and have wanted to kill myself on several occassions instead of struggling for one more day. Why should people have to live like this? It's sad and so unfair...some of the sweetest people I know are poor, but behind closed doors these poor people are wanting to commit suicide so they don't have to face their struggles anymore. Stress can kill, ya know, so if that can be prevented, why shouldn't it be?

@catt35 Said
Maybe I was raised different, who knows, all I know is: We do not exist on this earth alone, and if I can help someone less fortunate than myself, I will and do. IF the selfish people of the world don't feel the same, then SHAME on you!!!!

@baker63 Said
What to do about those who don't have the means to get by is a very tough issue. Literally, it is a case-by-case issue. When I was working for this one bakery right about the time of welfare reform, my boss stated to use the county job placement program and we must have gone through 25 people in a 6-month period. All were very poor and were out of options. Almost all had no job skills so they started at the dish room. Washing pan at a bakery is dirty nasty job. Most quit within a week. No call just didn't show up. The job they did as a whole was very poor. Many items had to be re washed and when you asked them to do things, they didn't do it.

With that said I do remember 2 or 3 that worked out well and did a good job. Only one moved out of the dish room. This kid new nothing when he came in and he hustled, and did a great job. So we started to spend some time with him on a daily basis to show him how to make bread. He ended up working with the bakers, and after two years he took a position as a second baker with a satellite bakery in another state.

So giving money and opening doors for the poor is only part of the solution. The poor need to know what to do once an opportunity is presented to them.

@rocket325 Said
My concern if I lived in England, would be the amount of my income that goes to the support of the monarchy, in addition to taxes used to support legitimate gov't services. They spend more on pomp and circumstance yearly, than our President earns in his entire term!

@cashewgirl Said
give give thats all i do

@localisedgirl Said
myself and many others have also stated opinions that the monarchy is the biggest waste of tax payers money and should be abolished.
i find it also a good example of this subject. Whilst us working class work our arses off hardly providing for our own, we also pay for the ott luxury lifestyles of the royals. whilst they live it up at our expense, we can only dream of earning a fraction of what they live on. whats worse is they dotn even work for it.