Reply #64: I understand that most millionaires did NOT inherit it.

[Zax2me]

Which most don't believe or simply do not want to believe.
We outnumber them so we can easily repeat the lie 'they are lazy, got lucky - inherited it' until it is the perceived truth.

Some facts, link follows
- Most of us have never felt at a disadvantage because we did not receive any inheritance. About 80 percent of us are first-generation affluent.

- Only 17 percent of us or our spouses ever attended a private elementary or private high school. But 55 percent of our children are currently attending or have attended private schools.

- Many of the types of businesses we are in could be classified as dullnormal. We are welding contractors, auctioneers, rice farmers, owners of mobile-home parks, pest controllers, coin and stamp dealers, and paving contractors.

http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/stanley-millionaire.html