Is it morally fair that there is disparity between the rich and the poor?

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I think I have to at why and how there is a rich class and a poor class or class divisions at all.
Many reasons including work ethic, determination, diligence, bright ideas, corrupt ideas, cheating the system, politics, greed, laziness, apathy, culture, ideologies, Xenu, Allah, God, blah blah blah.  

I remember someone say we allow a rich class because it is possible for anyone to attain wealth .  Well not everyone is a gifted  athlete, can afford to go the best schools, have the right connections, etc.  Or it might be to weed out the weak.  Darwinism.  Only he strong will adapt and survive.  However I doubt people in wall street are really "adapting" or just finding loopholes in the system.  
Bah I'm just ranting ignorantly.  This is yahoo answers for bored curious people.  If you read this and felt it wasted your time I apologize in  Times New Roman.  I had just read Upton's sinclair autobiography for a historical profile essay and he had some interesting ideas like "wage slavery" contempt for the rich, bassically the socialist stuff he was known for.  But good guy though who fought for labor unions and did great muckracking.

LARA, age 82 · Accepted Answer

It was Jesus who  said ," The poor you will have with you always . ".

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I think you're assuming that money is a measure of wealth. On BBC the other day I saw a short interview with Donald Trump followed immediately by one with Richard Branson. I have to say that Trump did not come off as much of an intellect while Branson was so full of ideas, humour and inspiration that I very much suspected the TV producers juxtaposed these interviews this way in order to put across a not-so-subtle message. I don't know how much liquidity either of these people has but Branson came off as the wealthiest by far.

Anonymous · Answer

It's unfair on the rich, because wealth is an obstacle to a spiritual life, which should be available to everyone. And if that sounds unrealistic, you can perhaps believe that rich people spend a lot more time worrying about their money and their property and living in fear of losing what they have.

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while you brought up a few moral issues in your self proclaimed rant, that there exist monetarily rich people and poor people is not a moral issue.

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Is it morally fair that there is disparity between the rich and the poor?

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