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In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.1010612173709.2005B-100000@vtn1>,
 Kelly Bert Manning <ua602@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, SunnyJim wrote:
>> 
>> A bunch of letters at the end of someone's name means nothing. Lots of
>> Phd's drive cabs and many more without anything have amassed great
>> wealth thru their own drive and determination. Education means nothing
>> unless you are appealing to a crowd that requires the comfort of some
>> level of education. Backroads and other high end bike touring
>> companies have lots of bike mechanics and tour guides that have BA's
>> and MA's. See what that got them.
>
>So you are ignorant and proud of it?
>
>How come someone as smart as you isn't a millionaire?
>
>The biggest lesson out of the current economic system is that wealth
>generally belongs to a hereditary clique, eg. William Gates III, etc.

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You know, if you're going to make a statement like that, you might want 
to at least pick an example that _supports_ it.

Whatever wealth Bill Gates (III) may have from his family pales in 
comparison to the money he has made from his own efforts. Whatever I may 
think of how original his ideas were, I recognize that the success he 
has enjoyed is the fruits of his labours and not a result of his 
family's wealth -- pittance that it is.

The entire micro-computer industry is a picture-perfect example of 
people with good ideas who were willing to work hard making good on 
their own merits.

-- 
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that
wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the 
bottom of that cupboard."