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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (110148)	2/19/2016 12:20:38 PM
From: John Vosilla	1 Recommendation Recommended By FreedomForAll Respond to of 110194

Yeah I totally agree, Kids in my school playground in first grade growing up threw snowballs at me during recess when teachers not around as I barely knew a word of English. Grandma from the old country looked after me. English was my third language back then. Very humble beginnings in that Catholic hood of more established Irish, Polish and Italian families than we who had just arrived a few years before I was born. I was different, the minority for that period, which was EUROTRASH back in the late 1960's. Rubio's story sounds compelling but really ain't given the hood he grew up down in Miaimi his people were the majority spoke their language all in the same boat literally as Rubio...lol Someone like EJ could never understand.either story of self empowerment from quite humble beginnings anyway...

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (110148)	2/19/2016 3:14:20 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I've inherited a total of $40,000 or so so far from various family and friends, which has probably given me a significant leg-up over someone like yourself. It's not quite in the same realm as the $850 million Donald Trump inherited to help him get his started, but $40k is probably is far more than you've seen. Being very smart and well-educated is what has given me my largest unfair advantage. Immediately after college I started as a well-paid union worker in a Chevron refinery and 9 months later I was promoted to Chevron Shipping with a pay rise. At the time Chevron's board had capped salary increases at 25% annually, so that was what I received during the years I worked there. I finally had my own firm providing consulting services to major real estate developers, where I could finally earn what I was worth. I'll be the first to admit that our economy doesn't provide this sort of opportunity to the less intelligent.