i think the wealth comes first, from their family background, inheritance, daddyfare, etc.
when you know that daddy's money will pick you up when you fall, you can be a lot bolder, for instance, the kids in college who pay others to take their courses...the ones i knew well to start with obviously they had to have the money to afford to do that!
the ones who got arrested for drugs yet the arrest went away, again, there is some way that rich people can afford to pay to have their kids' records or their own records' expunged, while that stuff is part of the permanent record of people who don't have big bucks
the rich guys i know who have serial marriages, yes, they can afford to keep getting remarried and starting new families...but they are not wealthier because of this bullshit, they would have millions more if they had not cheated and they stuck w. their first family
it costs money to make legal problems go away, and the wealthy would have even MORE wealth if they didn't have to spend money in that area, if they were just honest to begin with, but it's easier to push the envelope if you have money and lawyers as your backup plan
i could be wrong, but i don't see how being a liar and a cheat is an advantage in business, i think it does pull you down and cost you some jobs when it becomes known you're a liar/cheat/don't really know your stuff...it's just that if you're wealthy or your dad is wealthy, it matters less about the job/money you lost because of a lie, you can get another one, whereas the middle class person will never overcome the lost income because of being fired over a lie or poor qualifications or cheating on some exam
so i do think the wealth came first and allows them to behave badly
a person with little money can't make ANY mistakes or they fall down forever
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