Interesting...another 'crack journalist' making an attempt to further glamorize a very small minority of the filthy rich hollywood trolls...but doesn't realize that foundations are a way to use OTHER PEOPLE's MONEY to make the person FORMING IT look like a hero. When did we decide that real journalism no longer matt...more

show me study that supports his most IGNORANT comment! you'll lookat it very diff e rently once you get into high .

what you're missing here is an elementary lack of understanding business, employment, and how government programs work..."to be" a millionaire does NOT mean that you "earned" a million dollars...someone with $1,000,000 in a retirement fund and other investmentes could be classified as a millionaire even though he/she m...more

DPK is absolutely correct here! If you don't want the "rich" to collect unemployment, then expempt their incomes from the UI payroll tax...which would probably completely collapse the actuariial soundness of the insurance plan...and raise the rates on everyone else!!!   I really really miss the good old days of "re...more

Finally...someone telling the truth! Harvard offers a 20% bonus! Stanford, et. al. have to follow suit. Then Duke, Michigan, Notre Dame, and all the rest "have to keep up" to retain "the best faculty", and on and on and on! And we all pay the price for "best faculty" who don't even teach!   And people try to blame i...more

filthy 1%er's! they should be ashamed of themselves!!! When will they learn that they didn't build it!!!!

filthy 1%er's! they should be ashamed of themselves!

Another very lame MSN piece of "journalism" and "research"...I was curious about my state, Michigan...so in checking, I was surprised which county these 'researchers' identified...a rural county with a small population, EXCEPT for a large state university in it's largest city. So...low home ownership...yes. High number...more

Why should this be a surprise. All the media, politicians and hollywood's "beautiful people"  have made it very clear that "fat people" are a scourge that should be wiped out by whatever means. It's only a matter of what measure chosen to delineate outcasts...clothing size; BMI; whatever. Just watch the news and se...more