I guess it should be viewed that way but I always took it to be that the parents didn’t value education and didn’t push it on their kids, rinse and repeat. They didn’t act like they weren’t teachable, it was like they looked down on smart people, as if it was a cultural value.

I doubt it. There are way more error states than there are good states.

If you can get bankrupted by an illness, you’re not rich.

That we can’t afford to use because we don’t have a safety net.

My net worth is probably just under half a million but I’ll be working until I’m over 70 if I want to be able to pass anything useful down to my kids.

I have one with special needs that likely won’t be able to work, much less manage a portfolio.Without my help he could be homeless soon after I pass.

My upper middle class family in Houston drinks it all the time. Yes they’re all die hard conservatives.