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Originally Posted by IboughtafreakingBMW!

You make it based to three things usually - ability, opportunity, and luck. People really tend to forget the latter two after they have made it. Hence why fortunes are lost. Hence why great empires collapse.

Um NO, “three things” what about HARD WORK. You do speak some truth but I come from very little and had no more opportunity, luck or ability than my friends that I grew-up with. Most of them are now in jail, dead or in dead-end jobs BECAUSE they are bone lazy! I am only speaking from my personal experience.

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Originally Posted by IboughtafreakingBMW!

You make it based to three things usually - ability, opportunity, and luck. People really tend to forget the latter two after they have made it. Hence why fortunes are lost. Hence why great empires collapse.

Old money helps too. The first step to great success is often a trust fund.

[Kiemyster]

Originally Posted by Taittinger

Maybe not the same people but the distribution of wealth will eventually revert to the same levels in terms of percentage of wealthy versus poor.

i would agree with that statement. its just like how most people win the lottery end up bankrupt. its called money management, something the poor dont know, but the rich have learned to understand.

[NoKids]

Originally Posted by Taittinger

Maybe not the same people but the distribution of wealth will eventually revert to the same levels in terms of percentage of wealthy versus poor.

i think you're right.