CS> advantages of a better house, more money etc over the guy who only 
CS> works 5  hours a week and expects me to support him.
RB> But you are missing two fundamental points: (1) there are
RB> plenty of people who  don't work at all who are
Depends on how you define plenty.  As a percentage of
the population as a hole or as a percentage of the
millionaires the number is very, very small.  As a
number then it could be large but I would doubt it.
RB> millionaires, simply by inheritence or luck, who make 
The only people who have ever became millionaires by
luck are lottery winners.
RB> decisions that affect both of our lives, and (2) the more
RB> you work does not  mean the more you make. My father worked
RB> 40-50 hour weeks, went to all the  training sessions, played
RB> the game the whole way. Now, with 9 years to go until 
RB> he retires, his plant is closing and he probably won't even
RB> get a pension. Now  that's what I'm talking about.
That's because he depended on someone else.
Unfortunately a lot of people in his generation bought
into the fluff that FDR/JFK/LBJ sold them so they
didn't invest anything themselves.  My parents are the
same way, they always thought their pension plan and
social security would cover them in their old age.  Of
course now that they have retired they have discovered
they can live on it but that's about it.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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