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I voted no - while we've more assets than most of our friends we also have between nada and diddly for pensions, paid healthcare, 401k, SS.... Not that I object to that, just that it makes me very concious of the future and how it's provided for.
I was raised in a series of places bought for the land rather than the house; Dad worked one or two jobs before coming home to work on the fences trying to keep the cattle in on our series of raggedy properties. We were moving every few years; Mom bought damaged goods food by the pallet from railroad auctions, got us dental care and haircuts from dental schools and barber colleges. The parents were focused on trying to create a cattle ranch to raise us kids on - we were land poor. I can remember my Dad hocking part of his gun collection several early Decembers - for Christmas presents I now know.
Don't work as hard as my folks did, aren't as smart, so even though I'm better off I don't feel like my rewards are deserved - makes me want to protect the assets against the time someone finds out and comes to take those unearned rewards away. Just purely lucky, which doesn't seem like it should fit with wealthy.
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