Welcome folks, to the Biden administration!

[Slap Shot]

I went to a public HS (albeit a very good one), then the U and MSUM. Never went to graduate school. I didn't go into an "anyone can do that field" like finance. But I have college professors in my family, both of my wife's parents were college professors, blah, blah.

We do quite well because we paid attention to the world and had parents that cared and were vested. Now we don't want for anything and we will be able to continue to travel the world comfortably. Ivies are great I won't besmirch them but the vast majority that have made something of life didn't attend one.

[St. Clown]

I went to a public HS (albeit a very good one), then the U and MSUM. Never went to graduate school. I didn't go into an "anyone can do that field" like finance. But I have college professors in my family, both of my wife's parents were college professors, blah, blah.

We do quite well because we paid attention to the world and had parents that cared and were vested. Now we don't want for anything and we will be able to continue to travel the world comfortably. Ivies are great I won't besmirch them but the vast majority that have made something of life didn't attend one.

There's an economic study out there on the impact of attending an Ivy League school. For most people who both qualify and can pay for an Ivy League education, the benefits are negligible when compared with the people of same socio-economic background, grades, etc. that attended a good state or other private school. The people for whom it matters are disadvantaged minorities, and other people who grew up poor. For rich people it's actually a net loss on the money side as it turns out that rich people almost always find a way to make the next generation rich as well.

[Kepler]

There's an economic study out there on the impact of attending an Ivy League school. For most people who both qualify and can pay for an Ivy League education, the benefits are negligible when compared with the people of same socio-economic background, grades, etc. that attended a good state or other private school. The people for whom it matters are disadvantaged minorities, and other people who grew up poor. For rich people it's actually a net loss on the money side as it turns out that rich people almost always find a way to make the next generation rich as well.

Unless that study adjusted for what they did with their degree it's worthless. Rich people who go to top ranked schools often go for liberal arts in order to go into academia, teaching, or non-profit work. The project isn't to make money because they already have more than they'll ever spend.

Remember: at the top end of the spectrum (wealth and intelligence) people are still using universities for what they did a hundred years ago: to become educated, not animal training to learn a trade or make a killing. It's a completely different mindset when money is no longer an object. It colors their whole life.

The average income of my friends who grew up in rich families is a fraction of my friends who grew up in poor families. They don't view money as bad, or good, but just as there, like air. They never have had to worry about it, so income never mattered. Money isn't normative for them -- it's not a sign of effort or moral good or worth.

They are the only people I've ever met who have a healthy attitude towards money. Unlike the rest of us, they use it, it doesn't use them.

[mookie1995]

Billboards all across the highways here in tb for a Dennis Hernandez who does PI law that stress “Harvard law graduate”

love to think of any fellow alums who drive past and blanche ;^]

[Kepler]

Biden to give an address tonight on public health.

It will be good to have a President again after almost 4 years.

[BassAle]

Unless that study adjusted for what they did with their degree it's worthless. Rich people who go to top ranked schools often go for liberal arts in order to go into academia, teaching, or non-profit work. The project isn't to make money because they already have more than they'll ever spend.

Remember: at the top end of the spectrum (wealth and intelligence) people are still using universities for what they did a hundred years ago: to become educated, not animal training to learn a trade or make a killing. It's a completely different mindset when money is no longer an object. It colors their whole life.

The average income of my friends who grew up in rich families is a fraction of my friends who grew up in poor families. They don't view money as bad, or good, but just as there, like air. They never have had to worry about it, so income never mattered. Money isn't normative for them -- it's not a sign of effort or moral good or worth.

They are the only people I've ever met who have a healthy attitude towards money. Unlike the rest of us, they use it, it doesn't use them.

I have a friend that's trust fund rich and went to Cornell. They did build a waterfront home that was featured in an architecture magazine, but it's not ridiculously over the top. Anyway, aside from that if you ran into them outside their home you'd think they're an average middle class / middle aged person with an outdoor chic style. They drive a subaru outback and definitely didn't pick a career focused on accumulating wealth, but rather based on personal interest and an opportunity for interesting experiences.

[Handyman]

Will Biden's speech tonight tell us that COVID is over since he won?

[RaceBoarder]

Will Biden's speech tonight tell us that COVID is over since he won?

Nah... It's that he's opening up internment camps for people who refuse to wear masks and throw temper tantrums about not being able to go to a bar 0=)

[aparch]

Nah... It's that he's opening up internment camps for people who refuse to wear masks and throw temper tantrums about not being able to go to a bar 0=)

Stop teasing me.

[Kepler]

Not an administration position but another great Biden pick: Jaime Harrison will run the DNC.

Tells me (1) they're serious about black outreach, (2) Clyburn is going to be a very strong voice of guidance for Biden, and (3) a metric shirt ton of old white cold porridge is being quietly shown the door. Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Michael Bennet, Jeanne Shaheen, god I'm falling asleep just typing their names.

[Kepler]

Nah... It's that he's opening up internment camps for people who refuse to wear masks and throw temper tantrums about not being able to go to a bar 0=)

It's a start.

[bronconick]

Not an administration position but another great Biden pick: Jaime Harrison will run the DNC.

Tells me (1) they're serious about black outreach, (2) Clyburn is going to be a very strong voice of guidance for Biden, and (3) a metric shirt ton of old white cold porridge is being quietly shown the door. Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Michael Bennet, Jeanne Shaheen, god I'm falling asleep just typing their names.

So he knows how to lose by 10 points to one of the five least popular Senators in America with a massive money advantage. At least Beto kept it close. He's mainly been a lobbyist. He'll fit right in.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Not an administration position but another great Biden pick: Jaime Harrison will run the DNC.

Tells me (1) they're serious about black outreach, (2) Clyburn is going to be a very strong voice of guidance for Biden, and (3) a metric shirt ton of old white cold porridge is being quietly shown the door. Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Michael Bennet, Jeanne Shaheen, god I'm falling asleep just typing their names.

Agreed

[Handyman]

So he knows how to lose by 10 points to one of the five least popular Senators in America with a massive money advantage. At least Beto kept it close. He's mainly been a lobbyist. He'll fit right in.

I think this is completely short sighted...

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

So he knows how to lose by 10 points to one of the five least popular Senators in America with a massive money advantage. At least Beto kept it close. He's mainly been a lobbyist. He'll fit right in.

Was trixie your burner account? :-p