Can one person be wealthy without another being poor?
Simply speaking–No. If I earn $1000 in a day, when those around me earn $100/day, then they are “comparatively” poor. “Poor” is a comparative term. Even in a good economy that is working properly, a well-paid secretary in Wyoming will probably be “poor” compared to a secretary in New York City doing the same work. I’ve often wondered: When NYC employees gets transferred to someplace like the Upper Penninsula of Michigan, or Wyoming, or a small town in Texas, do they keep the same amount of pay? In NYC it would be a competetive salary, but somewhere else it would seem like a fortune. A small apartment in NYC can cost +$1000, which here in lower Michigan could rent two nice houses in nice neighborhoods like mine. My neighborhood is not poor, but few who live in it could afford to move to NYC without a raise. One more thing–no person is made wealthy by someone taking from the poor, not in a fair society. As a comparative term, the poor only become “poor” when someone else begins to make
