[MARTIAL MONK]

The other day I dropped by the house of a friend who was retiring. One by one, other friends stopped in. Out of nine or ten,I was the only non-immigrant there. I would estimate that the average net worth of the group was $10 million each. If I gave them all of my money it would raise the average to $10 million a buck and a half.

Most came to this country in the Carter years. Tough times. They worked as cab drivers, auto detailers, janitors, anything to make a dollar. Gradually they built their own ladders to success. All were bright but none were brilliant.

Meanwhile there were millions of native-born Americans with every advantage who pissed it all away. It was there for the taking but it was the foreigners who had the drive and determination to take it. All of the crayola creativity of our schools has delivered us a bland uniformity that I think dangerous.

[ehoxha]

The other day I dropped by the house of a friend who was retiring. One by one, other friends stopped in. Out of nine or ten,I was the only non-immigrant there. I would estimate that the average net worth of the group was $10 million each. If I gave them all of my money it would raise the average to $10 million a buck and a half.

Been in similar situation and it always humbles me, these guys work crappy jobs for ten years, then buy a beat up greasy business run it for another ten, all the while buying run down rental property.........all the while I've been working on my elegant 'career'...........but in the end the crappy job and beat up business wins out every

Now if we can only impart that wisdom onto our offspring

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

Have you ever checked the welfare or entrepenurial rates of natives and immigrants in the US? You should.http://www.cis.org/articles/2002/back1302.html