[Smokin' Joe]

Not really . Many scions of wealthy famlies, those with good connectionss, and keep the wealth or increase it, are also intelligent. They have social graces, went to the best schools, and aren't dumb / thieves / immoral / or whatever else you claim. There are idiots and bad apples in all social strata . The wealthy don't all get there by trickery , underhandness, and theft. Marxist cant ( or are you just jealous ? ) doesn't belong on FR !

I am neither jealous, nor is this Marxist cant. (Sheesh!)

My comments are based on observation. You leave out the third-generation rich kid who fritters away the family fortune. The qualifier was wealthy, not respectable.

The Cocaine Cartels are composed of families who are wealthy, commonly gracious people who are ruthlessly unscrupulous.

To which "best schools" do you refer? Stanford? Harvard? The Ivy League? The bulwarks of modern liberalism? 'Nuff said.

Please note I did not accuse all rich people of being unscrupulous, nor did I say they were all drooling slackjawed inbred nosepickers from the shallow end of the gene pool.

There are many wealthy people who have earned their wealth through intelligent, honest work. And many others who have not. Michael Milken (sp?), Kenneth Lay, just to name a couple of conspicuous examples. Besides, scions of multigenerational wealthy families, who increase and further the family's holdings, and who went to all the best schools, etc., aren't going to be shopping for a bride in the general population, anyway. Mother would be mortified at her son marrying a commoner.

[Texasforever]

Family "wealth" generates income from which family members draw. Wealth is nothing more that an income producing asset. If future generations live on anything other than the INCOME then they will lose their wealth. J. Paul Getty went completely broke 4 times in his lifetime and it never bothered him. He knew the secret, that money is the easiest thing in the world to come by but spending wealth only leads to poverty. You are only as rich as the income generated from your wealth.