Well, I'd say that before you can display one form of social responsibility, which is donating parts of your personal financial wealth to others, you first have to make the sort of amount that makes that practically possible. And making that wealth can take a lot of time plus a lot of personal effort, self sacrifice, making mistakes along the way, not knowing for sure that your current endeavours will certainly succeed, etc.., etc..,
So your contention that " Getting rich by simultaneously displaying social responsibility is the way to go" may sound fine in print and in principle, but I'd suggest that one should first have been in the shoes of those who have gone through that often arduous and potentially risky process before one can regard it as a fait accompli.
It could be nearer the practical reality that, only once individuals have accumulated reasonable wealth, they now feel confident in their financial situation such that they feel better prepared and positioned to distribute portions of that wealth to those whom they believe can benefit from it.
You asked, "How many Warren Buffets you see running down the Govt and campaigning against higher taxes.? ... So who is espousing this? Is it the left of center folks or the right of center folks "
To be honest, I haven't done any research on who has, or hasn't, participated in the pursuit of that endeavour. I have no idea as to how many wealthy individuals, who would regard themselves as right of centre, would support Buffett in that regard.
Because maybe they try an exert an influence in a non-public way. Maybe they prefer to work from behind the scenes and try and persuade those in public office to create a new system or modify an existing one such that things are more in line with how Buffett would prefer it.
Who can know for sure what another man or woman would want, or would be prepared to do, for another human being, and how they would prefer to do it?
No doubt the same could be said for those who would regard themselves as left of centre.
And I'd suggest that neither could you say, with any degree of certainty, who has done what, or why, or how.
Have you done a comprehensive and reasonably detailed survey of hundreds, if not thousands, of wealthy people out there to determine, with a reasonable degree of confidence, that all those who would advocate and support Buffett's recommendation are only to be found "left of center" and not at all likely to be found "right of center", as you contend ?
Maybe you've drawn your conclusion(s) from what you have seen uttered in public, and maybe those utterances that you have personally seen, or read about, have come from those whom you regard as "left of center".
But surely that shouldn't immediately confirm that no one from the "right of center" may also support Buffett. They may just prefer to do it in their own quiet way using whatever other means they may regard as effective and appropriate. |
