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So what, they or their ancestors earnt it.

Or stole it "legally".

How is that different from those that are sitting on their collective arse stealing "legally" instead of going out and bending their back and applying some sweat for their own livelihood.

The guy I mentioned who sued the airport got his in construction. There's nothing wrong with that but his attitude was a big problem. He expected everyone to kiss his backside. A lot of other rich people would just follow the rules and get along just fine.

I caddied golf tournaments back in college for some $$$ and met some cool people. One guy comes to mind, Paul. Older guy, foreign background, but very nice and polite. Caddied a particular tournament two years in a row, and was in his group both years.

The first year talked about what he did and found he owned 20something car dealerships. Had a single engine Piper plane he used for short trips. The following year he had sold all his dealerships and got into commercial real estate and still had his Piper, but also bought a Cessna Citation (don't remember exactly which model) for $7M. His justification for it was he was tired of the airlines - completely agree with that. Just hangar and maintenance alone was $400k a year.

Most everyone at the matches were in a good mood since they're all out to have fun golfing, but some were even dicks then. Depending on who it was I'd get tipped $20 each at a minimum, but Paul would whip out $100. The second year he handed me a $100 bill, looked at his wallet, then gave me another $100 bill. Cheap ass (Toranto Blue Jay) Joe Carter was the only person to ever stiff me - and that was after he'd been bragging about how much money he won at the casino the night before.

Out of HS I worked at the San Jose Jet Center refueling private planes and jets and met a lot of people. CEOs, owner of the A's, 49ers, and whatever the others did. Some were pr!cks and some were really cool.

Talked to the pilots one day when the A's daughter was flying up to Tahoe with her husband, think it took them 21 minutes to get there, only because of the 250knot speed limit under 10k feet or it would have been 17 minutes so they said. Must be nice.

I'm sure most of the one percenters get up each morning and wonder, "How can I employ the most people and give them a meaningful life?" Just after they have that thought tucked away, they wonder, "How can I help our country best deal with all the issues facing it?" I'm sure. I once worked on a project where the owner of a construction company claimed to have built a bridge. BS! a dozen or less men worked ten to 18 hours a day, seven days a week,in hot, cold, rain, and snow to build that bridge and he wasn't one of them. The money didn't come from him either; it came from the taxpayers. In their off time the men wondered how they could deal with constantly being cheated on their pay checks. GD

Have you ever been up there during the Allen & Co. conference? They shoe horn in so many private jets you could hardly walk through them. Big pile of money.....not sure what it brings to the local economy.

One time while this conference was in session, I actually stopped on the highway and counted the business jets parked on both sides of the runway...about 75 of them. I can't fathom how much money was sitting there. They had just released the Batman movie that Schwarzenegger was in. He had his jet there, painted black with "Batman World Tour" in huge red letters down the side.