[Thermalseeker]

Wealthy people, by and large, are wealthy because of the choices they made. They chose to learn marketable job skills and work hard, often 80-100 hours a week. Many, if not most put their own capital at risk. Quite a few failed at least once. Wealthy, self-made people do the other things that made and keep them wealthy.

By contrast, many, if not most poor people are poor because of the choices they've made. Where they are in life is a direct result of the choices they've made. They chose to not develop marketable job skills or avail themselves of the vast educational opportunities that exist in this country. Many choose to not work hard and they made life choices, like substance abuse, having children they could not afford, and managing money poorly. These choices made them poor and keep them that way.

In most incidences it's really no more complicated than that.

[cunning_fish]

I see no surprise why all the nations on top of ‘eqality list’ are also on top in suicide rates and are magnets for militant islamist immigration.
Kinda sad to work hard to give away some 70% with taxes just to make some Somalian or Chechen freeloaders equal.