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Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier by lsiebert on Friday December 06, 2019 @02:51AM (#21719966)
The best predictor of income, more then academic performance, more then having married parents or educated parents or going to pre school, is parental wealth.

And this is true whether your folks won the lottery or earned their money through hard work.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/29/study-to-succeed-in-america-...

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Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier by username90 on Friday December 06, 2019 @11:05AM (#21722985)
> And this is true whether your folks won the lottery or earned their money through hard work.

This part wasn't in your link, I don't believe this is true.

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