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		rdouble on July 26, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 90% of China's billionaires are kids of high-ranki... Buffet's father wasn't a politician until after Buffet was rich. If anything, in western countries it's easier to become a government official because you're related to someone rich than it is to get rich because you're the kid of a government official.

jacquesm on July 26, 2009 [–]

No he wasn't, from the wikipedia article on Warren Buffet:

"After his father was elected to Congress, Buffett was educated at Woodrow Wilson High School"

rdouble on July 26, 2009 | [–]

Whoops, I got my dates wrong. I concede - you win.

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