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and remember some of the people I met and how their lives progressed, I am always amazed. I hung with a young guy in my 20s who was a big gambler and actually convicted of mail fraud in the early 70s who went on to become one the wealthiest people in Texas.

Your reference to the "Gilded Age" hit home for me. I was just thinking the same thing. We are throwing around billions these days like chicken feed. I just don't see how this can end well.