The Poor Always Cry.

Ben stereotyped Richie as one of the typical rich men who are not happy to see others rise like them. How he has thought that his good friend would connect him to his associates and help him with some startup capital.

Another visitation; Ben had always been a politically minded person. Richie wanted to know very badly if his friend was still as passionate about politics as he used to be.
   "Are you still involved in politics?"

The question hit Ben like a stray bullet. But the answer jumped out spontaneously.
   "Richie, this country doesn't respect sound ideas. Only the rich get people listening."
   "Such a burning desire you had. Don't tell me you quit."

Ben heaved, a bit embarrassed, "it was the only thing to do. I had been told to shut up in meetings because I had no material proof of the suggestion I was raising."

Richie didn't push the matter further. He knew nobody listens to a poor man. As a Christian, he also remembered the words of King Solomon that,
   "the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard"

Ben wanted a quick fix for his poverty ailment. He wasn't for the hypothesis being postulated by his friend. So he left hurting, a totally disappointed and dejected man.
While Richie hosted Ben, Junior, his ten-year-old Son was monitoring the lounge from his daddy's room; as soon as the visitor was gone, he joined his father.

Richie was always ready to grant his son's impromptu interviews.
   "Daddy, why does your friend look so broke"?
Richie thought for a moment.
   "Because he is broke"
   "Why is he broke?"
   "Because he is poor"
   "Because he has the habit of the poor"
   "What is the habit of the poor?"
   "They pay everyone else except themselves"

That day's encounter got Richie thinking and he summed it all up in this parody:

   "It would be easier to sell winter jackets in Sahara desert than for a poor mind to enter the kingdom of the wealthy".

Many people thought Richie was involved in some shady business, well burst those thoughts, No way! I won't pick to write a story that's all over African magic . 

'It is not how much you earn but what you do with it that determines how you end".
  

From: The School of Money.