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Re:L.A.'s coast was once a DDT dumping ground, but no one co... by dubcanada on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:01AM (#24895164)
But if you grandfather lost all of $X, your father would not have any of $Y (based entirely on $X being an amount they got from business dealings and $Y being a smaller amount which came from $X).
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Re:L.A.'s coast was once a DDT dumping ground, but no one co... by sokoloff on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:08AM (#24895224)
That strikes me as non-sensical.

My father had his own earning, creating, and saving abilities.

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Re:L.A.'s coast was once a DDT dumping ground, but no one co... by pessimizer on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:47AM (#24895553)
Subtract it from what he would have earned if he had dumped the cash into an index fund, and we may find that his earning, creating and saving abilities were negative. His only profitable skill may have been having a father who dealt in slaves.
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