On Oct 13, 10:47*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:14:22 -0700 (PDT), Jack
wrote:

I agree... unfortunately, that's the problem in this country... those items
are concentrated in the top percentages.

Really? *Middle-class people in the US have several cars, nice houses,
big-screen HD TVs, send their kids to private schools, and own boats.
You were saying?

Plume doesn't even think I am middle class ($70-80k) and we have all
of that stuff *... paid for ... no debt.

That's because you aren't one of the "I'm entitled to it" crowd. My
hat's off to you... there aren't many like you around these days.

It seems that a lot of people don't realize that the average "middle-
class" family here in the US lives much better than the average
"middle-class" family in the European countries they so love.
Interseting that 3 different European transplants I know that came to
the US many years ago always pined for their home country, saying how
much "better" it was. After finally retiring or vacationing back in
their home countries, *every one* of them came back to the US to
retire and live out their life, finally admitting that it was better
here. I know no one that went back to Europe to retire and stayed
there.

I don't understand where the self-hate comes from.