Don, he wasn't worth 90 million dollars, he had 90 million dollars. ;-) You can't measure a person's worth in dollars.

Not really taking issue with what you said on any personal basis...I just can't help but react negatively to that expression "he's worth so-and-so many dollars" when it's said about anyone. It's a very odd use of language to my ears, and it says a lot about the money-worshipping society that gave it birth.

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In regards to the subject of this thread...

It's common for people to envy those who have great wealth. It's common for people to look down their noses at those who have very little money...and also to fear them. Nasty things are often said (or thought) in both cases, but that has no bearing one way or another on basic issues of social justice. A nation that cares about social justice will try hard to ensure that everyone has a good start in life, affordable housing, job opportunities, enough food, medical care, and a good education.

How is that done? Through various forms of socialism, that's how. You can't do it without having some socialist institutions and services in place which have been set up by the entire community through government, churches, and other community structures. If you have capitalism flourishing alongside these socialist institutions, so much the better, because the two go together "like a horse and carriage". This is not given credence in the USA, because the very word "socialism" has been turned into a mythical boogeyman to scare American voters who apparently have no real idea what socialism is in the first place, even though it's an integral part of their lives and always has been.