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Originally Posted by DAVES
I suggest to all. A simple trick. I am not as rich or as famous as those caught in that College admissions scandal. In fact I grew up poor, my dad was a WWII wounded combat vet. Real wounds, physical and mental. His legs were badly burned and he had a piece of a shell too close to his spinal cord to be removed.
Those people buying their kids into schools. The real problem is that you nor I could afford to do it so it is not fair. Those same schools. It is ok, legal for parents to buy a wing a building a scholarship fund. Unfair advantage? I had unfair advantages too.
My parents were married. I knew if I got into trouble my parents were there to help me.
My dad, I still have it. First think he ever gave me was a book. Amusing in terms of reality. My dad must have thought I would learn to read by six months old.
We do not choose the cards we are dealt. We do choose how we play them. My fault,
my parents fault? Failure is not, was not an option.
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Thanks for your post but frankly i do not understand your post in relation to the thread topic.
I simply made an observation about taxes, and then shared how your life was blessed (and great for you). I do however read that type of post on here quite a bit and not sure what to make of it. Poor, rich, middle, whatever.....we all had options and decisions. I do not accept the basis that rich did not put anyone other than "ahead of the pack" in any race......still dependent on living a good life, working hard, etc. Those things apply to poor or rich, but poor or rich does not guarantee success. Seems many think they are alone in making good decisions and also think that if you make those decisions, you will be successful. That is not true, as we all know. People who are immoral, corrupt, etc are living the good life but not because they made all the right decisions.....people who are very moral, good folks who did it all right are living a tough life, not because they made all the right decisions either. Generality do not cover it.
If all we needed to do was live a good clean, moral life and play by the rules, it would be great, but that is not real life. Some do not even have to worry if they play the cards right.