Hey, you sound like Dick Gephardt. Next thing, you'll be telling us that the Smarts were just "winners in life's lottery."
I asked why the man is so highly esteemed. We knew only that he is in the business of repairing and then reselling houses. Owning a million dollar house is neither a positive nor negative character attribute. There is no virtue in being wealthy, nor is there lack of virtue in being less than wealthy, or poor.