Quote Originally Posted by EmoRebellion
That is true, but you need to work more to get to the level of not working and making more. You can coast at any level, but you will stop gaining.
I don't know. There is a lot of people out there who don't "coast," and who work their asses off their entire lives and never manage to break through that lower-middle class barrier. They don't retire until their health forces them to retire, and then they struggle to live strictly on social security until they die.

I think to get to the higher levels there has to be other factors involved. Maybe you have charisma and your bosses always like you. Maybe you have a special skill or talent that is hard to find, and therefore worth the extra salary. Maybe you were lucky and got connected through family or friends. Maybe you're just lucky, period.

I don't know.

What I do know is that people like Donald Trump who say "if you're not rich it's because you're lazy," are completely wrong and speaking out of their asses.