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Old 07-02-2025, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
Who are today's rich ? For the most part they are people whose family were rich for generations and they went to the best schools. Yes, a small % of the rich were "self-made". The original INTENT of America was that EACH generation must make their OWN way. Inheritance tax was supposed to force that to happen. But, each generation found ways to legally and illegally overcome that basic idea of each generation starting at zero wealth. Look at today's wealthiest individuals and very few were "self-made" without prior generational wealth support.
I missed that in constitutional law class. Could you please point that out in the Constitution (of the United States of America).