A Court House spouter really summed it all up, "I don't wish a life of hard work for my children and grandchildren, but a happy, easy one." Of course, that is after he griped that his parents paid off their beautiful house in three years. I guess he does not realize how hard they worked, and he fails to realize that in this area, real estate costs have outpaced salary increases beyond the national average. He also griped about student loans; an average of 4% increase in tuition since '84 compared to a 58% increase in the CPI since '84. Hard work never killed anyone. I used the GI Bill.