Actually behind most great wealth is dumb luck. Those who are wealthy--criminals or not--obtained it through a large number of gambles. Take for instance Mr. Gates. Microsoft was a HUGE gamble. Is Gates a criminal? probably not. Is he deserving of wealth? probably not. But is he lucky? Hell yeah! Pretty much the same story for every rich sot out there.

That's why I'm against the theory that "I worked hard and I deserve all my money." Bullshit. Your country and society provided you with the chance to gamble and you're one of the few lucky ones. So now that you've won, it's time to give back to that country and society--we call it taxes.

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What about all those with cojones who just never got lucky? How many silicon valley failures? How many dot bombs? How many investor nightmares? For every one with balls who makes millions, thousands of others attempt and fail--despite huge quantities of chutzpah.