Luck has something to do with. Many who become rich do so at least partially because they are in the right place at the right time.
Others, equally hard-working and dedicated, never really get ahead because of their own circumstances.
I must admit, however, that in this country over the last few decades few who are competent and willing to work hard have been mired in severe poverty. They may not have gotten rich, but they’ve done ok.
That is an important point, that seems to be getting lost here.
I was not talking about Sam Wainright rich, or even George Bailey rich. I was talking more like Ernie the cab driver, with a little house in Bailey Park rich.