text: why do the rich live longer than the poor. or do you think that they do?   um...isnt it kinda obvious, no offense but....the rich have a better chance of getting better medical recources wheb they need it. a better chance of living a clean healthy life, buying a nice safe car, wearing new clean clothes often. getting a better, more, enriched education, to be aware of the things going on so that thy can avoid them. without money, you cant live the life you want, and everything gets complicated, have the poor people probably died, because they commited sucicide from the stress of their debt.