"...it was not as a result of their own work alone . It was on the backs of many many poorer people who have been exploited by them."
All too true, and global inequality, and the workings of certain commodities markets, are a crying shame. As is the tiny amount of government aid budget that we, one of the richest nations on earth, ring fences for aid.
I know that how the aid budget is spent can be problematic, but I was thinking more of the the overall amount that goes from the wealthy to the poor.