I believe that people of substantial wealth potentially create problems for future generations unless they themselves accept responsibility to use their wealth during their lifetime to help worthwhile causes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I strongly believe that those of us who are privileged to have wealth should contribute significantly to try and create a better world for the millions who are far less privileged.
With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.
I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society.
Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.
Where wealth is concerned, individuals aren't stuck in little boxes. You don't start out wealthy, stay wealthy, and end wealthy.
Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.
If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things.
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
I believe wealth should be in the hands of those who know how to create more wealth.