Loading ...I would only make one addition ; add lazy and ignorant before poor . All too often corrupt as well .
I grew up poor by today’s standards . My father never missed a day’s work as a licensed operating engineer , but we lived in a one car garage for four years as he built our home evenings and weekends . When finished it was a showpiece .
I always got the best grades in my classes . A neighborhood boy who was from a family of wealth and influence ( grandson of an ambassador to Japan ) was always in second place . That would rankle his father who saw this ragamuffin always ahead of his pedigreed offspring . Any time he saw me playing with his son he would say ” Well , Alexander , How’s the ragtime band ? ” . ( I wore hand me down clothes from family friends who had a son a few years older than me , and were well worn , but clean and functional ).
I would not trade the example of my parents for all of Soros’ riches .