Millionaires

I want to be a millionaire. I’m pretty sure everyone else does, too. The one thing most millionaires have in common is that they are stingy. If you’re a millionaire, maybe you can help me understand how a person, who was once ‘normal’ and possessed common sense, comes into a ton of money and becomes a fool. For example, buying 50 chains or 30 cars or -- get this one -- 5000 pairs of shoes. You are only one person with two feet! Or how can you justify waking up in a house large enough for a family of 30 when you live alone? Most families are cram-packed into a house built for three when it’s the six of them. Why do you people act like this?

The stingy part is they expect the rest of us to give to charity or suggest that they don’t have enough money to give generously. They think it’s up to the world’s billionaires to do the giving. If you haven’t said it, you’ve at least heard it -- “it’s only one million. It doesn’t go as far as it used to.” It’s as though we’re supposed to feel sorry for you because with only a million dollars, you’re still poor. Give me a break! What you’re worth, especially after investments (if you’re smart), could end poverty in some countries.

Remember that the one thing money can’t buy is life. Life is where the secret to happiness lies. Remain selfish and you’ll only be buying yourself a life filled with problems and loneliness. Once you’ve bought all your fancy gadgets, what else is left? The real problem is that you’re all overpaid. As a young black male, I, too, hope to one day be as overpaid as you. The one big difference is, people will remember me for making a positive difference with it. What will people remember you for? Tell me. Tell all of us. Send in your comments. Post them below. Let’s hear it from all you millionaires out there. Are you making a difference in that mansion of yours?