hey mike,

people are funny eh? i mean those folks who write colorful hate mail...you and i both know they are just jealous...or at least a bit confused : )

personally...i'm not really into money...i think thoreau was on to something...but i digress.

i 'earn' my money by spending 31 hours of my precious time per week dealing with the extremely wealthy balancing their bloated stock portfolios...mom always said if i don't have something nice to say then don't say anything so i won't go into my feelings towards 'our clients'. however...my point is that i truly believe that i don't 'earn' my paycheck...i really don't 'do' anything...unless you call sitting in a cubicle at a computer 'doing something'.

i raise issue with the definition of 'earn'...i especially like it when people add in 'hard'...hard earned dollars...if it's hard then you're just not doing it right.

as you say...we live in a capitalist society...survival of the fittest...and personally i see no reason for other good capitalists to get angry with you...i'd argue that we...the capitalists...are all beggars...and that some just happen to be better at it than others...and everyone has their own technique...if you 'earn' a buck by asking for it...or 'earn' a buck by sitting at a computer...or 'earn' a buck by doing back breaking labor...that's your choice...now get out there and start begging or we're all screwed : )

in your case...kudos for being a better beggar (you can coin that if you want)...why ask for a buck when you can ask for a million just as easily? nothing wrong with that. go for it.

ah well...good luck and i hope you million comes in,
DS

ps - if you post this message i think it'd be fun to be called 'the bad capitalist' or something like that : )