feathers and tying flys with them

"riverman" wrote in message ...

"Larry" wrote in message
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I agree with you. Having money makes it much easier to make more money:
the startup businessman who is putting his nest egg on the line doesn't
stand a chance against the guy who has millions to lose until he gets it
right. Inheritance gives an incredible advantage to the wealthy to get
wealthier, generation after generation, while making it harder for the
lower and middle class person to make wealth. I read a statistic the other
day that said something to the tone of 30 years ago, the discrepancy
between the wealthiest 5% and the lowest 5% i the US was that the top 5%
had 10 times as much money. Now its more like 200 times.

Of course, those aren't the real numbers, but it was staggering how much
more wealth had been amassed in the top few percentage.



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--riverman