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[quote=GRIZ326,263366]My father was the son of an alcoholic milk wagon driver. He could not finish high school because his father was too drunk to load the milk wagon (still drawn by horses) and deliver the milk to the door of his customer's homes. My father dropped out of school to help my grandfather keep his job and feed the family.

When my father married my mother they didn't have two coins to rub together. Through hard-work, diligence and perseverance my father and his three best friends built a very successful company. My father and his partners, who also came for modest backgrounds, all became multi-millionaires. Then they sold the company and made even more money. Those 4 men did it through their own blood, sweat and tears with the love, support and encouragement of their wives. Those four uneducated men were one of America's great success stories of the common man.

Today there are still self-made men and women in the USA, but the number of unconnected, successful people is small compared to the number of people who rise to power and fortune because of connections.

A side note: By the time that I was walking around (#1 grandson), my drunken grandfather had stopped drinking and become a reliable worker, devout husband, and loving father and grandfather again.[/quote]

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