Why there are rich and poor?

Because there are regions more likely for you to have a good or a bad life. If you live in the city, for example, it is a good indicator that you have a good life but doesn't always means that.

I think rich and poor exists because not everyone of us deserve the same. There are people who deserve more than others, and that's is fine by me.

Not every rich people deserve to have the money, some of them were born rich or just stole the money or something...

Unequal distribution of resources  and opportunities to exploit these resources. The world is also a capitalist economy mostly so the rich will mostly think of themselves so that they get richer not caring about the poor. It is just a common thing.

It's how the society is and works for rich. People that know the trick of making money do better than people not as talented compared to them. You must have heard that rich are getting richer and poor the poorer. I am not surprised reading that less than 50 richest people own half of the total money owned by rest of the people in entire world.

Contradiction is the law of life. There should be rich and poor and good and bad. A world with only rich people or only good things is an impossible concept. Life is a change and the motion is like a wave. For very rise there should be a fall; otherwise it will be the end of all.

@RhanzF, That's really a good thought provoking post. I agree on your second and third points. You are right that corruption is a major factor that contributes towards poverty. Some people are rich as they earn hereditary wealth. Being rich they are able to give better education for their children who in turn get better jobs and wealth accumulation. But there is high chance of a poor fail because of adverse socio-economic conditions.

But I would differ a bit on your first point that people are rich as they work hard. I think that is not right in most of the cases. Poor works harder than rich, but because of their low status in society they are paid very less. They are being exploited most of the times by the rich. As per your last statement, I don’t believe that God created rich and poor. In fact I believe that it is jungle rule here (survival of the fittest) and the person who holds maximum wealth rule the world.

This question is pregnant with more questions. But my take on why there are rich and poor people is partly because of them, the people themselves. Take this for an example, me and my friend. While I was in school, my friend was in the streets enjoying life away from the drudgery of the class lecture. When I entered college, my friend had officially quit schooling since he couldn’t cope with the high school system of education. When I got a job in the office, my friend was working as a handy man, working for anything just to earn. And I got one child while he has 4.

Now, where is the equality there when it comes to financial standing? Is it my fault that I am rich (by normal standards) and he is poor? I had invested my time in education and serious work while he invested in social affairs like drinking every night and gambling (card games, cockfighting, horse racing, etc) and gallivanting. And being a friend, is it my responsibility to help him in times of need? Oh well, that’s too hard to answer.

Some people are born poor, some people are born rich. Some people are born poor but they later become rich. Some people are born rich but they become poor. You become rich or poor based on your property inheritance, work efficiency, expenses.

This question is pregnant with more questions. But my take on why there are rich and poor people is partly because of them, the people themselves. Take this for an example, me and my friend. While I was in school, my friend was in the streets enjoying life away from the drudgery of the class lecture. When I entered college, my friend had officially quit schooling since he couldn’t cope with the high school system of education. When I got a job in the office, my friend was working as a handy man, working for anything just to earn. And I got one child while he has 4.

Now, where is the equality there when it comes to financial standing? Is it my fault that I am rich (by normal standards) and he is poor? I had invested my time in education and serious work while he invested in social affairs like drinking every night and gambling (card games, cockfighting, horse racing, etc) and gallivanting. And being a friend, is it my responsibility to help him in times of need? Oh well, that’s too hard to answer.

You are right.  The paths we choose decide our future.  There were two brothers whose  father was a drunkard.  One of them also followed his father but his brother became a business magnet through his hard work.  When somebody asked the former why he is a drunkard, he said that there was nothing unusual in that.  He just decided to follow his father.  But the later one already made up his mind that he will never become a drunkard like his father.  That makes the difference I guess.

But at the same time we cannot ignore the  fact that bribery plays its own part in making the rich richer and the poor poorer, no matter how hard you work.

Because there are regions more likely for you to have a good or a bad life. If you live in the city, for example, it is a good indicator that you have a good life but doesn't always means that.

I think rich and poor exists because not everyone of us deserve the same. There are people who deserve more than others, and that's is fine by me.

I think that you are right. But no one, and i mean literally no one don't deserve to stay hungry or thirsty or not to have a place to sleep, hide from winter etc. All people are different and that's ok, someone is smarter, faster, stronger or whatever but those who are not born that way shouldn't be on streets.

Contradiction is the law of life. There should be rich and poor and good and bad. A world with only rich people or only good things is an impossible concept. Life is a change and the motion is like a wave. For very rise there should be a fall; otherwise it will be the end of all.

I beg to differ on your points. I don’t believe in the contradiction of law as stated by you.  It is a man made concept in favor of rich people.  In India you can see a large of temples which are built only to safeguard the interests of rich people.  Most of them are just business centers.  I don’t know how many of them contribute towards charity.  They are only focused on renovating the temples which are already in good condition.  There is a big competition going on.

The rich and poor concept is a man made one and people who inherit wealth (there are exceptions too) live under the fear of losing their power and wealth.  In fact God has created this world for us and give us full freedom to make it the way we like.  We can either construct it or destroy it.  And you know in which direction it is going now.