Cave-dwelling brothers inherit $9b

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Two homeless brothers living in a cave are celebrating a whopping $9.1 billion windfall.

 

Hungarian Zsolt and Geza Peladi were stunned to come into a massive inheritance from their long-lost grandmother.

 

The penniless pair, who eke out a living selling junk they find on the streets, first heard the news from charity workers, according to reports.

 

Lawyers handling the estate of their maternal grandma tracked them down as her only surviving relatives, along with a sister who lives in America.

 

"We knew our mother came from a wealthy family but she was a difficult person and severed ties with them," 43-year-old Geza said. "She later abandoned us and we lost touch with her and our father until she eventually died."

 

He and his brother are now seeking copies of their mother's death certificate and proof of their identity before heading to Germany to claim their fortune.

 

"If this all works out it will certainly make up for the life we have had until now," added Geza. "All we really had was each other - no women would look at us living in a cave.

 

"Maybe with money we can find a partner and have a normal life."

Source: http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/6543115/cave-dwelling-brothers-inherit-9b/

 

What to say about this...good for them? Or is it perhaps unfair to be given an insane amount of money without ever earning it? They say that in developed countries there is an 80/20 rule. That means that 80% of a countries total income goes to 20% of the population, an uneven distribution of income.

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Wow that's a lot of money.

They say that in developed countries there is an 80/20 rule. That means that 80% of a countries total income goes to 20% of the population, an uneven distribution of income.

How unfair.

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Yes however, if the government had a maximum income level then it would average out the income distribution. This makes the poor richer and the richer poorer, but it also means there are no more rich people.

 

Is it fair to eliminate rich people to make the poor richer?

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:o

 

Of course it isn't

 

The redistribution of wealth is a sick and twisted idea. People need to earn what they get; if you are lucky like these two guys then that isn't the case.