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Originally Posted by john70t
Defining 'rich' is necessary.
Even welfare slackers have smartphones and cable here.
The disparity between the definable classes is increasing exponentially.
A million bucks used to be Dr Evil's ultimatum to not nuke the world.
But now it won't even buy a shack in some places.
(this thread is another parfy in ppoty)
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Yep, many of the poorest in this country are very rich compared to middle class in other countries.
I vividly remember the days of living off of rice, potatoes, and macaroni and cheese. Friday was special because I could pour some hungry man soup on my rice and have a big meal. To mange to make my mortgage payment and utilities was a tough nut, but I owned a house and was building equity. Very slowly as I had a really great mortgage rate that was cheap for the time of only 12.5%. Working two jobs finally got me out of debt.
I did not even own a TV for most of that time as I was too busy working to watch TV. So no cable bill, no 60 inch flat screen, no internet, no cell phone for me. Not one cent in government subsidy of any sort. No free cheese, no food stamps, just work.