Grandparents' Greed?
Your comment about short-sightedness and greed of our forefathers had me coughing up my morning cup of joe. Of all the grandparents (including "great grandparents") I've ever heard of, hardly would I categorize them as greedy one percenters. Most were part of the "huddled masses" trying to scrape out a living in the grimy American cities that existed around the turn of the last century. Ever read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle? It might turn your thinking on its head.