Well non one should think that simply working harder means more money. Certain jobs just pay more ... by a lot. While I worked damn hard, I didn’t work as hard as many construction workers and heaven knows I made a lot more money. Sometimes you are born into it. There are entertainers who don’t work that hard that make more than hard working blue collar types.
But just to say work hard=more money is, quite frankly, stupid.
Well, I guess it depends how you define work. And true, there are those who inherit it, although there is also that saying -- "from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" in three generations.
The fact is that real money is created by people working harder (or smarter) to provide actual value to other people. And it's true that hard work doesn't always guarantee success.
But as a whole, I think it's fair to say that the wealth that a society enjoys was put there by people who worked harder and smarter.
Unless you're buying into Obama's "You didnt' build that" meme.