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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You know, I don't totally agree with the argument "I earned this money and it's all mine." Have you ever sat down and thought about all the advantages most of us with money had at one point or another? In many cases, we got here through a combination of family privileges, federal loans, public schools, etc. This isn't to deny that those working hard deserve to be rewarded, but just to make clear that the notion of a "[b]self-made" man or woman is mostly myth[/b]
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Please quit spouting this propaganda.    Of all the "rich" people I know, only 2 inherited.  The rest of us pulled ourselves up (some from the gutter) by making hard decisions, wise decisions and then continually working our asses off.  It didn't happen by chance and the opportunities were not handed to us.  I am so sick of the "you didn't build that" argument.  It is "mostly a myth".[/quote]

You missed the PP's post entirely.  You never had public school, or took a public road to get to school? Never were able to study under lights that stayed on because of a regulated energy utility? No student loans? Never enjoyed the benefit or any regulation?

Listen, my dad was the first in his family who learned to read.  True story.  Generations of illiterate farmers with little money.  Like, "will we have food today?" poor, and no electricity. He had a successful career as an engineer.  And he will never say that he was "self-made".  He had no inheritance, but he had access to schools, got some scholarships, had friends whose parents helped him pay for school.  So while he did work really hard, he's not ignorant enough to believe he did it himself.[/quote]

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