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Disagree completely. Every single one of us has THE SAME opportunity as every other one of us.
Originally Posted by 24601NoMore View Post
Disagree completely. Every single one of us has THE SAME opportunity as every other one of us.
Not even close.
Might be time to consider the benefits of uniting generations, folks.
Originally Posted by 24601NoMore
Disagree completely. Every single one of us has THE SAME opportunity as every other one of us.
Not even close.
I guess I find it astonishing/sad that so few of us are willing to admit that at least a part of our good fortune is a result of timing and luck. I know that despite working hard, lbym, and doing our best it could have ended up differently.
If I can crawl out of the Detroit slums by sweat, sacrifice and hard work and RE, anyone can.
I think the book, The Millionaire Next Door, could have easily been a 20-page pamphlet.
I read it for the first/last time a month ago.
Stilted writing.
Way too much repetition.
Some of the young women even told their fiances they do not want diamond rings; let's save/invest the money. Even I wasn't that frugal, lol.
A 22-year-old man from India who received a brand new BMW as a birthday gift pushed the car into a river – because he wanted a Jaguar instead. His parents decided not to press charges, and said that they believe their son has mental health issues.
24601, I think you’re confusing opportunity with potential. You showed great potential to rise above your circumstances. You are to be commended for what you did and I agree, the potential to do so lies within many of us given the opportunities this country provides. But that’s not the same as opportunity. I hope you don’t really believe that you had the same opportunity as the children of the ultra wealthy that send their kids to the finest schools and connect them with the upper echelon of our society. Of course that in NO WAY guarantees that they will succeed. They can an do fail, but their opportunity is significantly different than most people on this earth.
I think it's a long list of whining and excuses. For example:
The bolding is mine. The solution is obvious - move away from the coasts!
I have never met a person who only worked a 9-5 40 hour work week and became a millionaire. Every millionaire I know either worked 60 plus hours a week, mutiple jobs, real estate or some other type of deal. The 1%ers, 3%ers, 5%ers or whatever are rarely ever "normal" folks working 40 hour weeks and doing nothing else.
You mean when it was impossible to get a minimum wage job at McDonald's or the local supermarket? At least it was in my neighborhood from the late 70s to early 80s. The unemployed labor pool was just too large for a teenager to compete with.At least she wasn't babbling about how great everything was in the 1970's. That meme always brings out the bitter laughter for me. If things had been great in the 70's, my life would have gone differently. I made the best of the path in front of me, and so will the young people today.
Amethyst
24601, I hope you don’t really believe that you had the same opportunity as the children of the ultra wealthy that send their kids to the finest schools and connect them with the upper echelon of our society. Of course that in NO WAY guarantees that they will succeed. They can an do fail, but their opportunity is significantly different than most people on this earth.
This. Everyone wants to reference poor areas or "slums." You can simply compare a normal working class person to uber wealthy people. Accumulating a few million over a lifetime is a joke compared to the resources UW people have. And to say that Joe working man's kids have the same opportunity as some oil tycoons kids is comical.
My favorite part: "I'm just playin. I'm Gen X. I just sit on the sidelines and watch."