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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Have you worked hard? Have you made the best decisions you could to put yourself in a position to attain wealth? My guess is that you put out as much effort as most "rich" people. Yet in the current climate, you will feel much more pain than the "rich" guy. You should not be left living paycheck to paycheck at a just-above-sustenance level when a guy who only works as hard as you and has reaped the benefits of our government gets to drive a Ferrari and summer on the Riviera.

Hard work, while important, isn't the main factor of financial success and it shouldn't be. It all comes down to playing the system. You will find people in all income categories that work tremendously hard but what separates them is what they are doing.

If you want to be financially successful you need to figure out how the world works and then be able to properly exploit it for your benefit. That will beat out hard work every time. It's not fair but it's how the world works.