"Jack" wrote in message
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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.


Please show us where there's self-hate. I see self-awareness.

So, the middle class in this country lives much better. Certainly the poor
don't live at the same level, but beyond that, all you've said is "lives
much better." There are, as I've said, plenty of measures out there that
seem to disagree. Care you cite some actual facts or are you just giving
your opinion?