Exactly. Wealth, if you're smart, see what's coming, and know how to prepare, brings you options others simply don't have. I'm not talking in the SHTF / surviva

Exactly. Wealth, if you're smart, see what's coming, and know how to prepare, brings you options others simply don't have. I'm not talking in the SHTF / survivalist sense, either, though it's true there, too ... simply stating that wealth allows you to do things you couldn't without it. This is similar to how every time politicians salivate over some new scheme to "tax the rich", the rich - being smart, motivated, and having the option to do so - find ways to avoid paying more than they have to. The middle & lower class, on the other hand, are either no better off, or are actually screwed.