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Originally Posted by BestXXXPorn
Some interesting numbers about millionaires in the US:
* Only 19 percent receive any income or wealth of any kind from a trust fund or an estate.
* Fewer than 20 percent inherited 10 percent or more of their wealth.
* More than half never received as much as $1 in inheritance.
* Fewer than 25 percent ever received "an act of kindness" of $10,000 or more from their parents, grandparents, or other relatives.
* Ninety-one percent never received, as a gift, as much as $1 of the ownership of a family business.
* Nearly half never received any college tuition from their parents or other relatives.
* Fewer than 10 percent believe they will ever receive an inheritance in the future.
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Where are the sources ? While I general believe as you do and the points you are making I think you are swinging way to the extreme.
is t his networth millionaires or people who make million dollars a year in income etc... "millionaires" needs to be defined. Someone can own a million dollars worth of property and only make 50K a year from it or less. If it is just net worth, gathering a million dollars of networth over your life time is not a hard thing to do if you have a decent income and invest money instead of blowing it all.
I've always read and been told that more millionaires are made from:
1. Lotto
2. Inheritance
3. Law suits
than anything else.