The Poor get Poorer

Yesterday I visited the local grocery for a couple of basic staples: milk and sugar (for jam). Outside the store was a small table set up with a few flyers, a poster, and a woman requesting donations for veterans. I'm really not sure why or which ones precisely, or even why she thought that would be a good place to setup on an idle Saturday. However, it brought to home for me the idiosyncrasies of our society. You won't see these small vendor type tables outside major or elite sales places, just as you would rarely spot a wealthy person in such an ordinary place as a grocery. I've often wondered on the second, where do the wealthy purchase their staples? Though it occurs to me they can probably afford to have them delivered directly to their abodes from elitist grocers. However, at this particular time and place it brought to mind the old adage, as way to explain why donations always seem to be requested from those least likely to be able to afford it. And the basic reason is this: those without are more likely to share what little they have, knowing that a simple kindness from a stranger could mean a world of difference to someone else. And it is this basic premise that then begets the saying, "the rich get richer, the poor get poorer" not because of the donations themselves, or even those soliciting them, but rather because of a true underlying aspect of human nature. Those that are inherently greedy will not be likely to give except perhaps under the guise of some alternative agenda. Whereas those that are genuinely altruistic in nature will share, even if it is mere coins in their pockets. Because of this tendency, they are less likely to rise beyond their humble beginnings. Whether they desire to do so or are content to remain as they are.