[Age of Reason]

Go out, get educated, and maybe you too can tap into the wealth.

What is wealth and why is it desirable?

[mrs9x]

Wealth is desirable, both individually and for society, so that more products can be produced and acquired. Wealth enables us to have a high standard of living - and those that come up with the ideas for new products and provide the best services get rewarded by being able to acquire goods and services.

Now, I know that you are going to say that millionaires and others don't deserve what they get paid. You are entitled to that opinion. But such people are the ones who are innovating or causing new products to be innovated, not the working stiff on an assembly line putting things together. They are the ones who are successfully attracting capital to finance new projects that might change people's lives. So while I agree with you that common laborers are important and do work hard, they are not the brains behind our economy.