The freedom of expressing themselves, the dream of earning riches beyond their imaginations, or just simply to enjoy kicking a ball on a wasteland without being recruited by the militias.
"They did not earn their riches from basketball.
However, it is one thing to say that the most successful hedge-fund managers earn the riches they reap.
Where we might revere people who earn great riches through skill and ingenuity, we are often suspicious — along with envious — of those who have their fortunes handed to them.
Despite being in the shadow of a young and deep Rays starting rotation and, more recently, in the background of a cast of elite relief specialists that includes Aroldis Chapman, Kenley Jansen and Mark Melancon, Davis stands a chance to earn similar riches next winter if he can help the Cubs to a second straight World Series title.
And yet the Republican Party, whose leaders are overwhelmingly wealthy themselves, is openly and shamelessly proposing to give more tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires -- including heirs and heiresses who have done nothing to earn their riches -- while actually raising taxes on millions of poor and middle class people.
On tax, Mill made a sharp distinction between earned wealth, acquired through individual effort and initiative, and unearned riches, acquired through inheritance.
Raymond Schinazi's handful of lifesaving drugs has earned him riches, esteem, and a dose of enmity.
He earned no riches, and at the age of 53 returned to grassroots politics, winning election as a deputy in the local council in Yaroslavl.
DealBook » Pay Stretching to 10 Figures | A number of the hedge fund leaders who had giant paydays last year earned their riches the old-fashioned way: by posting big returns on their investments.
