On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:42:56 -0700, Gunner Asch
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On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:33:47 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:28:40 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:52:17 -0400,
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The universal plan to financial success:
Rule #1 - Marry the right woman the FIRST TIME.
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picking the right parents is also very helpful...

I know many who started off with the proverbial silver spoon and ended
up without a pot to pee in

Oh hell yes. The number of those is countless.


"The socialist movement takes great pains to circulate frequently new labels for its ideally constructed state.
Each worn-out label is replaced by another which raises hopes of an ultimate solution of the insoluble basic
problem of Socialism, until it becomes obvious that nothing has been changed but the name.
The most recent slogan is "State Capitalism."[Fascism] It is not commonly realized that this covers nothing more
than what used to be called Planned Economy and State Socialism, and that State Capitalism, Planned Economy,
and State Socialism diverge only in non-essentials from the "classic" ideal of egalitarian Socialism. - Ludwig von Mises (1922)
You'd be surprised how many. They didn't have to work for it, they
didn't know the value of it, and the partied it all away, snorted it
up their nose, or otherwise wasted it ALL.

The third generation of family businesses usually fails.

Look at Millard Air. Hardworking grandfather and father, and the
kid,(look up Devin Millard) richer than all getout when his dad dies,
is now likely to spend the rest of his lousy life in jail - over a
pickup truck. The business is gone.