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Happy Juneteenth!

I have met a billionaire optometrist. Herbert Wertheim.

While making glasses, he knew some engineers and I think he was in on the patents for making transitions lenses, those that adjust their tint according to sunlight intensity.
 
I've always wondered how one judges if they are advancing on pace with everyone else? What does that mean and what does it look like? Also does individual actions and decisions have an impact? I will use myself as an example.
I became a pastor which is not an economic boom. Sure, you have the tv preachers who make a lot. But I am not good enough looking for tv. When I compare myself with others from my high school class they have made a ton of money compared to me. Does this mean I am not advancing on pace with them?
There are those from my high school class who have gotten hooked on drugs and alcohol. They are far more poor than I am. Has America failed them because they have not advanced?
What if you compare the females from my class who got married, stayed married and built a life with their husbands. Their economic circumstance is far better than those women who had children out of wedlock and had to raise their children without any help. Has America failed them?
I wish people would think about these things far more. Point to one law on the books today which favors one race rather than another? If the laws are there to promote white supremacy then which ones are? Also if they exist then why do Asians seem to prosper very well in America? Why do Cubans who come here flourish? If these laws exist they aren't doing a very good job if they were meant to bring white supremacy to the land.
Derp .............
 
There are billion dollar dermatologists?

That's a degree worth getting if so.

When escorting my wife to her hospital dermatology appointment I noticed a huge room with about twenty people working behind desks.

I asked who they were and discovered it was the dermatology department's administration/billing staff.

Yep, dermatology can produce big time revenues. Just a small part, however, of the 20% of GDP we spend on health care.
 
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