Where did that phrase come from? Filthy Rich

We all want to be it, but where did the phrase come from?

Go back to the Great Depression, when money was tight and folks were forced to sell their homes to make ends meet. Along came the rich, the stingy with their cash rich.

See they knew they could get a good deal on houses back then so they offered pennies on the dollar for houses they knew were worth twice the amount. But because of the hard economic times, people had no other choice but to sell their property for a loss.

It was considered so rotten or "filthy" a thing to do that the phrase was then coined.

And now you know!