The rich make up barely 20% of the population and have control over 80% of the resources while 80% of the population makes use of the remaining 20% of the resources.

In different societies, this idea of being rich is associated with different terms. Although in most societies, it is given a monetary symbolism, some attribute it to other aspects such as the amount of land one possesses, or the number of cattle, etc.

Simply the word rich can be defined as having a lot of assets. Although in the modern world assets refer mainly to financial aspects that an individual has, being rich can have other meanings as well. Rich is a very subjective term. A person who lacks money, yet having a sound morality and a code of ethics can consider himself richer than a wealthy person due to his moral richness.

Poor can be defined as those who have a lower standard of living.

Control of Life: • Rich believe they are in control of their lives. • Poor feel they are subject to vagaries of life and life controls events taking place in their lives. • Money: • Investing in schemes to make more money is like a game for rich. • The poor are all the time terrified of investing in the stock market with the result that more often than not, they lose money. • It is apparent to all that the poor are playing not to lose money while the rich are playing to win more. • Opportunities and Obstacles: • Rich people see the opportunities while poor see the obstacles first. • Poor keep thinking how they will overcome these obstacles whereas rich keep their focus on opportunities as they have the resources to overcome obstacles easily. • Dreaming: • Rich dream big and, therefore, strike rich. • Poor dream small with the result that they have to remain content with whatever they get. • Doers and Dreamers: • Rich are doers; they take concrete steps to fulfill their dreams. • Poor just dream about their dreams. • Company: • The company of rich people includes rich and successful. • Poor people have the company of unsuccessful and daydreamers. • This difference in company proves vital in deciding the future of the rich and the poor.

In fact, the sheer stress and adversity of poverty itself is perhaps its most toxic component, impacting multiple systems in the body.

Socioeconomic status is the most powerful predictor of disease, disorder, injury and mortality we have.

Socioeconomic status is the most powerful predictor of disease, disorder, injury and mortality we have,” says Tom Boyce, MD, chief of UCSF’s Division of Developmental Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics. Socioeconomic status is a term that often includes measurements of income, education, and job prestige – individually or in combination. The predictive power of income alone is perhaps most obvious when considering life expectancy.

Talmadge King Jr., MD, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, tells the story of an ER physician who had lost a document and was searching frantically for it in the garbage bins behind Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. What he found instead in the mountain of rubbish were crumpled prescription slips that patients had tossed in hospital trash cans throughout the week.

There are 15 kids on the team, 10 teams in the tourney.And there are 20 of these tournaments going on all over town. Suddenly, everyone of these kids gets chills and fever, then starts throwing up and then gets short of breath. And in seven to 10 days, they're all dead of malaria.