Does wealth make people happy? Do you think it’s fair that so much of the world’s wealth is in the hands of so few people? What would you do if you had incredible wealth? Do you think people should be forced to distribute their wealth to create a fairer society? Frank Herbert said: “Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.”What do you think of this quote?
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Irina T.
4/8/2010 06:20:43 am
Wealth and happiness
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Shahla A
4/8/2010 01:42:22 pm
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Tabitha K.
4/9/2010 08:16:23 am
I think that wealth doesn’t make people happy. If a person has a lot of money he/she can give some of the money to charities and he/she will be happy. But when a person has a lot of money and he/she want more and more than that is not good. Sooner or later he/she will be unhappy. Why does he/she need a lot of money? If you have everything you need that is good then you don’t need anything else. You are lucky. You can’t force the wealthy person to distribute. The wealth belongs to the wealthy person. You can’t boss around with their money. I think this quote is true. Wealth can become slavery.
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nadia k
4/9/2010 01:49:37 pm
Does wealth make people happy? Do you think it’s fair that so much of the world’s wealth is in the hands of so few people? What would you do if you had incredible wealth? Do you think people should be forced to distribute their wealth to create a fairer society? Frank Herbert said: “Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.” What do you think of this quote?
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Carmen G
4/9/2010 02:05:42 pm
In my personal opinion I believe it does make people happy for a short period of time, because wealth is not the only important things in life, there are many other more important things in life. Wealth has never been a guarantee of happiness, but it sure is a step in the right direction. I would not mind trying it out sometime. Not much in life is fair, so most of the world’s population not being wealthy doesn’t really matter. Some of the world’s richest people worked hard to reach that goal, but I believe that the rest got there by stepping on those of us who lay down as door mats. As my mother always said “the rich get richer, the poor get kids.” No, I don’t believe that people that have money should have to share it. Even though I am considered middle income, I wouldn’t like to be forced to give it to others. I share when I see a need, and I can afford it. I believe that the quote means that having money lets you enjoy the finer things in life, and allows you more choice in life, but be careful not to waste your life chasing wealth and miss out on the things in life that mean the most, such as family, and friends.
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Paraskoviya Moskalenko
4/10/2010 03:42:28 pm
If I say that wealth makes people happy I’m going to be wrong. Wealth
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Liliya Rudenko
4/11/2010 01:28:18 am
In my opinion wealth can make people happy only temporarily. Humans are greedy creatures. When they get a taste of money or power, they always want more. It will eventually corrupt them. I think that it would be better for the world if the wealth was more spread out. In my opinion, it is good when a person gets rich from hard work, but when a person inherits or wins wealth then it is not good. When a person receives money and did not works very hard to get it, then they do not value the wealth and they spend it unwisely. If I had incredible wealth, then I would try to help poor people, because I have been poor and I know how hard it is to live. Gandhi said, " Poverty is the worst form of violence." I completely agree with this statement. I think that it is not a bad idea in theory to distribute wealth, but it would never work. Humans are too greedy to be forced to share and not do anything about it. I agree with Frank Herbert. The pursuit of wealth can enslave people. I believe that if you have the gift of wealth, then you should be very wise about it, for it is very easy to be a slave for money.
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Nhien Nguyen
4/11/2010 03:48:12 am
Wealth makes people happy, but sometime wealth makes people unhappy. I think that is lucky everyone. Usually people wealth must to do a lot of work and they just make money. They do not worry about their family, so their children are not good. If the men is a good job then the women is proud of his husband, but she will not happy, because the men just work, so the women don’t like. For example, I had a friend. His family is very rich, but he is not happy, his parents divorced, so he can do everything he wants. He do not study, he is not work and he just to spend their money. He becomes to be an opium addict. I think it is fair so they work they have and that is their money. They are intelligent people and they have to free to make money. They keep all things they have and they do not need distribute their wealth to create a fairer society. That is freedom of everyone. Frank Herbert said: Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. I think that it is fair so they are the law mating right and do money but it is slavery of money.
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HAMID.H
4/11/2010 05:06:24 am
When I was in Elementary school one of our teacher in writing class gave to us this subject “ which one is better Knowledge or Wealth ?“ I’m still confused about this subject.
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Venus K.
4/11/2010 05:31:12 am
Does wealth make people happy? I will say may be. Many people happy to have an incredible wealth, but they use it in the wrong way. That can lead some dangerous to their life. If that happen, they won’t be happy anymore. I have known one person. He was my college friend. He came from an upscale of living. He liked to show off to other classmates that he was rich. He wore expensive cloth, used brand name watch and so on. Everyone just get used to it, but we were worried about him at the same time. We thought it wasn’t safe or the best idea to get attention from people by doing that. We had warned him so many times, but he didn’t take it serious. He said if I get rob, I can afford to buy more. Well! That was right. The true was you can buy more jewelry, but you couldn’t buy a new life. Anyway, one day we were studying in class, my rich classmate came in with bruise around his neck. He looked very exhausted and sad. We ran to him and asked him many questions. He started to cry. Then he told us he got rob last night while he was at the mall parking lot. He said I don’t have anything left all my favorite things had gone. In my mind, I wanted to tell him yes you had one thing left and it was amazing item. It was your life. My personal belief, wealth is something that people don’t have to have it to make our life happy. If someday I have an incredible wealth, I will same some for myself and family. The less of it I will give to people who need it more than I do. I thing when people have something in life more than we need. That thing will become useless and won’t have value any more. However, I don’t think people should be forced to distribute their wealth to create a fairer society. It is their money so, they can do anything with it.
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Kim Nguyen
4/11/2010 07:13:14 am
Wealth does not make everyone happy. Some people can be too wealthy to the point where they become greedy. This can lead to a very bad point in our lives. When wealthy people come to our country, they are very selfish and they do not share with the poor. This wealthiness may not come from working hard, but it can be from selling drugs or doing bad things. But if that is how they want to live their lives then that is okay becuase that is their life not mine. If others share their wealth with other people, it would be very nice to see but a lot of people in our countries are very greedy. Some celebrities have a lot of money but they will not share it with the victims that are homeless and poor. This quote means a lot to me because in my country a lot of kids are poor becuase they do not have water to drink or food on the table every night. If we all have wealth then it can become slavery too.
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AnatoliyA
4/11/2010 07:47:27 am
Happiness is not something a person can buy. Happiness is something that comes from the soul of a person not from any physical or financial things. So no wealth cannot make a person happy. No I do not think thats fair but some people just dont want to be wealthy. People understand that happiness does not come from wealth. Some people waste their life doing nothing so they cant get wealthy or rich the people that are wealthy or rich worked really hard to become wealthy or rich. If I had incredible wealth I would live like all of the wealthy people but I would give a lot of money to charity. No people should not be forced to distribute their wealth to make a farier society because people that are wealthy should decide on their own wether to do it or not. I think that this quote is very right because when you are dying to get wealthy youre like a slave, but when you become wealthy you have the tool of freedom meaning you can do pretty much anything you want you are free.
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Biniam H
4/11/2010 09:17:23 am
In my personal opinion,I don’t think wealth or money it doesn’t mean bring happiness. I have read several researches and interviews about wealthy people that they are not happy in general. May be they can have a fancy staffs, they can eat an excellent food ,they can get what ever they want but they don’t have good health, they don’t have many friends, they don’t have peace and happiness. For example, from my life experience I used to live in a simple life when I was in my country we were poor but we were happy what was needed for living was not hard to find ,relation with others better there was real care one another because there is less competition so I believe that wealth doesn’t bring peace, happiness and worry free life. I don’t think it is fair so much of world’s wealth is in the hand of few people I just say it is greediness if I had incredible wealth I would say I help millions poor people around the world. I agree with Frank Herbert said it is a good idea but human being is naturally greedy it will never work or happen the idea that distributing their wealthy to create a fair society
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Diana M.
4/11/2010 10:58:43 am
I think it doesn’t make people completely happy, but partially yes. When people don’t have any money, they are all the time worried about tomorrow, how they can provide food, pay bills and everything else for their families; but when they are wealthy they don’t have to worry about that. When people worry all the time and suffer from the poverty they are not happy. Wealthy people are a little happier then those who are poor.
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Francisca Flores
4/11/2010 12:09:03 pm
Francisca Flores
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Octavian Goga
4/11/2010 12:52:17 pm
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Orkideh z.
4/11/2010 01:00:42 pm
Orkideh Z.
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Vlad Golovko
4/11/2010 01:41:55 pm
For most wealthy people it is true that the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery and only for few wealthy people it is not. Most wealthy people work so hard to get to the point of wealthy life. And only few inherit wealth and that’s why they don’t have to work hard to get it. Wealth does not necessary make people happy just because they have it. There is no use in wealth if you don’t have health. There is no use in wealth if your personal life is not as you want it to be. There is no use in wealth if you don’t have peace in your heart. It is good to be wealthy if you have all these things. Therefore, wealth does not make people happy. However, your life is easier if you have it. I do not think it’s fair that so much of the world’s wealth is in the hands of so few people. It would be good for poor people if the rich people were forced to distribute their wealth to create a fairer society, however it would not be fair to wealthy people. I think that wealthy people should give to poor only if they want to, they should not be forced. Personally, if I was wealthy I would give to the poor, to those who are in need. Mostly I would be helping orphans.
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Alex Moskalenko
4/11/2010 01:42:16 pm
Alex Moskalenko
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Dzianis R
4/11/2010 02:26:25 pm
Does wealth make people happy? There is no doubt that the money is one of biggest motivations in our life. Lack of money makes people’s lives miserable and when they have enough money on the bank accounts they feel confident and safe. But the key work here is ENOUGH. People are human beings who never will have enough wealth.
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Liavon Savko
4/11/2010 02:39:05 pm
There is a saying in Russia “wealth is evil”. I think it’s true, wealth brings trouble not happiness. Wealth engenders jealousy, lies, cupidity and violence. Some wealthy people die in poverty, because their relatives steal their possessions through the process of lying and being jealous. In order to be wealthy some people would even kill others, thinking that their lives will be so much better while not realizing that they are destroying their own lives. Children lose their parents over wealth. Even if none of the bad things happens while being wealthy, wealth tightens people in its net just like narcotics-an addiction. People who have a lot of something, they want more of it and when they have more of it eventually they’ll want even more; that’s when wealth leads to trouble. People who are desperate to be wealthy will do almost anything to be. Gladly everyone has conscience, and it’ll constantly remind people of things that they have done. So, if people did some bad stuff to get to where they are, their conscience will remind them of it and I wouldn’t call that happiness. There is no way to buy happiness and having a lot of possessions sure wouldn’t help. I think that wealthy people should be forced to share some of it, in order to make our society a little fairer. It would be great if they donated money to charities and so forth. Frank Herbert said: “Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.” I agree with this quote. It basically summarizes what I had said.
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Raymundo Luengas
4/11/2010 02:39:33 pm
I don't think wealth makes the people happy, but wealth makes the people's life easier. It is necessary to have money because these days we need money for everything. We cannot live with out money, but I think that everything in excess is not good. I think it is very estressful when you have so much money because you have many responsabilities and in some countries like Mexico, where I come from, is dangerous because you can get robbed or kidnaped.
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Viktor S.
4/11/2010 03:14:12 pm
In my opinion it is not necessary that wealth makes people happy. It is not necessary that without wealth makes people unhappy. To be happy or not to be happy depends from our attitude to our lives. Bible says that to give better than to take. When people share their things with another people, it brings happiness for them. The pursuit of wealth makes people dependent in this process, so they become slaves. Very often this thought haunts them how become rich, rich, and rich and to have more, more, and more. In this pursuit of wealth people lose their friends, conscience, and peace of mind. You can be reaching without money because the best wealth is happy family, friends, and peace of mind. If you want to be happy you can do it when you will make someone happy.
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Liliya Sira
4/11/2010 03:16:24 pm
Money doesn’t make you happy. This is pure myth. Money give you freedom and choice. We have to earn money to survive in life. Money is not wealth. External wealth includes such things as lavish lifestyle, fast cars, expensive holidays, property and anything else we usually desire. However, this type of wealth will not make you completely happy. Your life must consist of internal wealth. In fact, some of the most wealthy people in the world have committed suicide, had maladies and problems that all of the money in the world couldn’t cure. Health is more important than wealth, because sometimes you don’t cure the illness with your money. The Bible tells us “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. Our treasures ought to be in heaven “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”. True happiness only comes when you fully embrace the life God wants you to have-regardless of how much money you acquire. This means living by His incredible word, loving everyone, forgiving those that wronged you, and following the commands and teachings of the bible. Concerning the Frank Herbert's quote I think, he is right, by trying to find wealth sometimes we lose ourselves, become slaves to the things that were supposed to empower us.
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Monica Cardella
4/11/2010 03:18:05 pm
Grammar 2
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Svitlna V.
4/11/2010 03:34:11 pm
I think that money can not make people to feel happy. For example, i was watching one movie about really reach man, but he was celebrating his birthday with one piece of cake and one cup of juice that his cook cooked for him. He didn't have any friends to celebrate his birthday with. I don't think that he was a happy person, even though he was reach. Also even a person is reach she or he can not buy happiness, health and life. I think family can make people feel really happy because you care about somebody and your family always love you the way who you are and whatever will happen with you. I think that it's not fair that so much money in the hands of few people because when some people don't have what to eat or don't have clothes, another people spend their money for nothing like things that they don't really need. I think that if the person too reach they are supposed to help poor people. I think that if everybody will think just about yourselves, it will be the end of the world. I don't think that it's possible for me to become reach, but if it will happen, probably i'll make some donation for people who needs them. What about quote of Frank Herbert i think that person is not supposed to think just about money and become a slave of money.
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Vera Khodakivska 520G
4/11/2010 03:55:55 pm
I think wealth doesn’t make the people happy. Why? If I have wealth I will think about all time. Also I will do a lot of thinks that my wealth don’t stole. Also I will think how it increases. In our life some people have a lot of wealth, but they can’t sleep well because they think about it all time. I know, some people have a lot of wealth which don’t have good way. And they live well and don’t think about it. But I think they live and don’t think about their life. If I have wealth I will think how I can do with its. Maybe I will help pool people and very sick children, help some clinic for treatment people and children. Also in our time a lot of people can’t eat well. They don’t have enough food for eat. They don’t have a good house where they can have to life. We have to think about it. When wee will die, we can not take with ourselves anything, only our business will be with us.
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Toan N
4/11/2010 04:03:59 pm
Does wealth make people happy? My answer is both yes and no. I agree with the quote of frank Herbert. He said” wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. The wealth has two ways make people happy and unhappy. It makes people happy depend on how they use their money. They help social and people around them, help social going up such as donate to the church, school. If people around them have better situation, of course wealth people will be happiness. They control their money. For example Bill Gates is very famous about wealth. He is also a generous person. He use his money help the world getting better. He donates his money to school. He gives scholarship to good students. Absolutely he has a credit of the world with his achievement. He is happy with that. In other situation that’s wealth people lose control with money. Absolutely wealth makes people unhappy. They are slavery of money because they want to be wealth but they do something wrong, make harm for social such as sell cocain, murder, smuggle…they become wealth but in bad situation. Absolutely they are not happy. wealth make people happy and unhappy.
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Halyna S.
4/11/2010 04:17:31 pm
I know some people that are very rich but not of all them are happy. Why? Can wealth to be equal to happiness? I don’t think so. However, poor people can be unhappy. Why? What do make people happy? Each of us wants to have a better life but sometimes the pursuit of wealth close our eyes, so it can make us slaves. It means when you walk you think about wealth, when you drive you think about wealth, when you sleep you dream about wealth - you are obsessed by this idea to become rich. It is very important to remember about spiritual and human values. If you remember this point you will rich and happy: abundant in friends, in kindness, and in relationship. I don’t know what I will do when I have incredible wealth. It is not my problem right now, so it is hard to imagine what I will do. Maybe, I will support some programs like for cancer centers or support some orphan children. I would like to do it.
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Vladimir Khodakivsky 520G
4/11/2010 04:19:59 pm
A small of group of people has in their hands so much of the world’s wealth .It is true. But I think that wealth does not make people happy. They also have a lot of problems in their life. They usually have a big problem in their family.Sometimes wife can steal money or transfer on her account and drop off her husband. Sometimes rich family has problem with their children. Their children don’t behave their parents and also use drug or alcohol in their life. Their parents are very afflicted. I also know who has a very big business, they can’t sleep well. They have ox security card. They think someone can kill them and grab their wealth. Rich people have a lot of priority in their life. They have a very good medicine service, car, airplane ete. But they can’t buy a happy life. Sometimes wealth’s people can’t find the world to the soul. They can’t buy a second life, because God gives only one life on our planet I think so the happiness person who can use yourself money for poor people.
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Nadiia Noga
4/11/2010 04:28:09 pm
Nowadays many people desire wealth and a good social position which also can be a key to a wealthy life! But can wealthy life be identified as a happy life? Is there any reason to think that wealth can bring happiness to people? Although some people doubt if wealth can bring happiness it has certain advantages.Rich people can afford many material things.For example,they can have good and comfortable homes and cars.Furthermore,being rich gives more opportunities.Rich people can enjoy a lot of things they can visit various countries,eat at expensive restaurants and make a lot of other pleasant things.But,does wealth make people happy? I think being rich has its disadvantages.Rich people usually feel unsafe they're worried about their wealth.I think that wealth can bring happiness if its used wisely.What would I do if I had incredible wealth? First of all I will visit my friends and relatives in Ukraine and help them in their needs.Also I would give donations for poor people in my village.In addition I wish to support orphan children.Frank Herbert once said "Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery".Because many people spend most of their life chasing after wealth and don't realize the important values of life.For example happiness,love,health,and good friends.
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leslieM.
4/11/2010 04:39:28 pm
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Elva H.
4/12/2010 03:37:47 pm
Does wealth make people happy? Do you think it’s fair that so much of the world’s wealth is in the hands of so few people? What would you do if you had incredible wealth? Do you think people should be forced to distribute their wealth to create a fairer society? Frank Herbert said: “slavery. “What do you think of this quote?
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Victoria Vedron
4/12/2010 03:48:20 pm
It is difficult and very not a simple question. It is possible to answer this question on a miscellaneous and all answering will be right on own. Each represents riches on own.
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Dmitriy Yefanov
5/3/2010 09:46:42 am
Wealth does make people happy in some ways, but it ruins them in other ways. When a person is wealthy, they have a lot of money and a lot of things to do with that money. They buy only the most expensive things, but that makes them greedy. For the wealthy, the more they have, the more they need and want. It's never enough for them. But there are people who earned their money and who lived a hard life to be wealthy. They deserve it. It's not fair that most of the world's wealth is in such few people's hands. That makes most of the world not important. There are those people who work hard and become wealthy. And there are those who are lazy and complain about being poor. We shouldn't take away money from those hard-working people to distribute it evenly to the lazy, poor ones. What we should do is encourage the wealthy to help the poor.
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Tatyana S
5/3/2010 03:57:00 pm
Wealth can make people happy and depressing at the same time. I agree with Frank Herber. If people’s wealth depend their growth, creation and nature it brings them happiness, satisfaction. If people choose to live for money, they never can be really happy, and they should pay sky-scraping price for lesson.
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Simona D
5/5/2010 08:09:50 am
Generally, wealth changes people and not in a good way. It changes the way people think and behave in society. I don’t think it is bad to have money, but I think it is bad to have too much money. That’s why, in Bible it says that will be very hard for rich people to go to haven.
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Marina F
5/10/2010 08:19:08 am
I think wealth makes some people happy, but some unhappy. It depends on each person. I think if a person is wealthy, but doesn't have a loving family, that person is not happy. But when another person is wealthy and has a loving family, he will be happy. If I had an incredible wealth, I would open a nonprofit homeless pet shelter.I don't think that people should be forced to distribute their wealth, because they worked hard to become wealthy. I think that quote: "Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery" is a true statement.
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When I was in grade 2, our teacher asked us to write an essay with the same title. Most of the students in the classroom wrote that they prefer to be happy than being wealthy. It seems that this struggle against wealth is a way of asking the universe do not give me prosperity. Now that I am mature and I have seen enough of this world, I am going to say that certainly I would love to be wealthy, I mean very very wealthy. Money is a tool and it is good to have it and spend it. If you are smart and you know how to spend money, yes money creates happiness, respect, comfort and even good health. I wish I could be a billionaire and I can do so much to help orphans or maybe adopt them. Trust me money is good and money is a form of prosperity and happiness.
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