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84 The Ten Roads to Riches
If you can stomach it, Republi can or Democratic Party activi-
ties are a great way
to meet rich party d
onor
s. B
oth
parties have an
ongoing multitude of events to entice and maintain their wealthy
donor bases. (Both parties are ab
out
comparable in size and
wealth, but typically come from differ
ent
and somewhat conflict-
ing industry slices. T he oil guys, for example, are more likely to be
Republi can. Plainti ff's lawyers are more likely Democrats.) If you
become a fund-raising volunteer, you'll naturally meet donors.
T hese activities tend
to
work best centered around larger cit-
ies and state capitals for obvious reasons.
Commun
ity charities are
a similar approach with
out
the political edge and are everywhere.
Just as y
ou're
more likely to find a rich mate in rich community
property states like California or N evada than poor states like West
Virginia or South
Car
olina, you're more likely to meet them if you
volunteer for the ri
ght
social or political forums.
It really is ab
out
ri
ght
place, ri
ght
time.
Melinda
Gates
would never have met Bill
Gates
had she
not
been in Washington
working for Microsoft. Since he was always a
workaholic, it would have been weird for him to find love anywhere
else.
Mos
t of the ultra-rich are like that.
Th
ey are very obsessed
with what they do. You must be where they are.
Another perfect place is free inve
stment
seminars.