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To: TimF who wrote (158560)	1/21/2003 1:31:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574744

Yes, he inherited $2 million dollars. Acording to your sourse he borrowed $2mil. But even if he had inherited it $2mil would not put him anywhere near the very top. It would be an example of what I said, someone who was not at the top climbing to the top. First, you can do that but that's not at all the same as saying that this 75% is made up of self made people.......they are not all self made because some had considerable help. I didn't say that 75% got rich all by themselves. I said 75% who started out below the top got to the top. They might have been half way up or 80% of the way up but they where not at the top until they put themselves there. T.Turner did not borrow the 2 million, he inherited it. Secondly you started out this post exchange by saying "most".....by definition, 57% is not most; 75% is not most; over 95% is most. Thirdly, the Forbes survey is of the top 400, hardly a noteworthy number. The statistical base needs to be expanded before it can be considered definitive. ted