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Old 07-17-2007, 06:57 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan View Post
The thing is these things were never really in the main stream until after this generation was 20 years old type of thing. Given what kids today have, vs. what I had growing up, than compare that to what my parents had.....the trend likely is only going to continue along this path and that 30 nothing today who used to be a 20 nothing will gradually become a 35 nothing to a 40 nothing. As North American families become better established and pass wealth down to the generatioins below them we could have people able to live their entire life doing nothing sort of thing becoming somewhat common.
As the saying goes:

The first generation makes the family fortune.
The second generation maintains it.
The third generation squanders it.
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