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Old 11-07-2004, 01:40 PM  
Libertine
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Originally posted by CET
Yet another person who hasn't read the thread before commenting! I'll say it for about the zillionth, "88% of all individuals in America with a net personal value over $10 million are first generation wealthy." This is from the book The Millionaire Next Door, an exhaustive study on America's wealthy class of the late 20th century.

Where did you get your statistic of "most rich people are born rich"? I'm willing to be $100 that you just made it up.
If you're gonna keep bringing up that number, you'll have to provide the research method and definitions used if you want it to be taken seriously
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