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(9,186 posts)Some of our richest Americans "Hard Work" was being lucky enough to be squeezed from the womb of a filthy rich woman whose husband inherited the family wealth...Hard work...
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)So, inheriting money is to be looked down upon now?
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)If it is one of the filthy rich brats who think that they do hard work simply because they have to play so much golf, and are disgusted by people who have less than they have, and are always telling people to just pull themselves up by their bootstraps, then yes.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)with a sweeping generalization.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Well, the person you describe is an asshole.... whether they inherit money or not.
It seems to me the person has more to do with it than the money. That was all my "sweeping generalization" was reminding folks of.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)And that is true. The post did use the qualifier "some". It was pointing out that there are "some" who get huge inheritances, but think that they are somehow special, when the only thing they did was have the right parents. Don't make more out of the statement than what was intended.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)The founders wanted an estate tax to prevent dynasties like the aristocracy in England.
It hasn't worked out so well.
Jack Sprat
(2,500 posts)Just not praised or glorified for being very fortunate. That should be understandable. We have some confused people that think inheritance is somehow an admirable quality of a person's measure and that they must have deserved their wealth due to their struggle through the womb.
Sirveri
(4,517 posts)The system only work when it is in motion, stored money is not in motion, and thus has no value until used.
treestar
(82,383 posts)so true.
Rain Mcloud
(812 posts)there would not be a single poor woman left in Africa.
Sadly,i did not think of this myself. I have to stand on the shoulders of giants.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Ever deliver kegs to bars for minimum wage?
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Actually all restaurant and or bar work or is extremely hard work. It requires both multi tasking and focus as well as intense physical demands
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Zax2me
(2,515 posts)Actually, he doesn't 'do' the lawn anymore, close to 60 years old now I would guess..
He runs the company that has grown to over 20 trucks.
He's a smart businessman and probably would have succeeded in another field if he liked, I believe.
But he always says hard work was what got him to where he is.