Exactly! Curious to know why those historical elite didn't pay?

Didn't catch your other point. Are you talking about millionaires out of tech?

Class elitism and shrugging off the "problems of the poors" ...

My other point was to owebmaster who appeared to be questioning whether you were a "multimillionaire" and I was pointing out that's not a prerequisite to understanding the finances of millionaires - I dealt with billion dollar finances in mineral and energy resources w/out being a billionaire player myself - just info gathering and advising for a fee.

FWiW, I'm not in Silicon Valley and people with 1-15 million that I encounter either have a house or two, are small business owners, farmers, tradespeople that have invested wisely, etc.