Trelja:
"That idiot dilettante owner of my Philadelphia Eagles made the list of billionaires this go 'round, with the description "self made" no less. I guess mom buying you a football team with that Harcourt Brace money qualifies as being self made in this day and age."
I often wonder how many people posting and boosting of their financial prowess on the internet have been recipients of trust funds/inheritances/law suits/etc. When I lived in NYC I knew someone who was an only child - became a millionaire many times over after inheriting his mom's sizable assets (one hears this story repeated over and over in slight variations in the Big Apple). I knew this person from my social service circles, and he was unethical in many matters and definitely irresponsible in money matters, yet there he was working as a "financial adviser" for a big financial institution.
"That idiot dilettante owner of my Philadelphia Eagles made the list of billionaires this go 'round, with the description "self made" no less. I guess mom buying you a football team with that Harcourt Brace money qualifies as being self made in this day and age."
I often wonder how many people posting and boosting of their financial prowess on the internet have been recipients of trust funds/inheritances/law suits/etc. When I lived in NYC I knew someone who was an only child - became a millionaire many times over after inheriting his mom's sizable assets (one hears this story repeated over and over in slight variations in the Big Apple). I knew this person from my social service circles, and he was unethical in many matters and definitely irresponsible in money matters, yet there he was working as a "financial adviser" for a big financial institution.