But thanks for smearing all 20% of us with your slur. It sounds like you don't know much about the bottom of the top 20%.
> learn in school
Easier in a wealthy school. May be impossible or extraordinarily difficult in a low income school.
> go to college
Easier if you come from a wealthy background. You may have legacy, or financial means to apply to more schools, or ability to take more test prep, etc.
> Learn to do something that pays
Are wealthy kids more likely to have mentors or connections in their network due to their parents? Are their parents more likely to understand which careers pay well?
> don't waste your money
Invest wisely? Someone taught me how to manage money beyond my immediate expenses, and compound interest works, and how different investments work, and what a mortgage rate was, and how I could evaluate a bank. Those are all skills that allow you to turn your money into more money more efficiently, and they are all skills typically associate with upper class folks.
> But thanks for smearing all 20% of us with your slur. It sounds like you don't know much about the bottom of the top 20%.
I am currently a member of the top 20%. I have also lived in the bottom 20% for years. At no point did I feel the parent comment was smearing anyone.
Would I wish that upon anyone? Absolutely not. Which is why I believe in fixing things by removing the huge wealth disparity and actually providing a proper safety net for people. The culture I inherited required me to make many sacrifices which I'm sure other, far smarter people have made. The difference is that I was lucky enough to not be killed by them.