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You can argue that the majority of Americans *should* be able to afford these things, but the reality is that a tiny fraction in either DC or Peoria can.  That's why they are angry and looking for change.  Burying your head in the sand and complaining that DC is expensive doesn't change this.[/quote]
+ 1. The fact that people earning these upper-level incomes  - with the two cars, a city house, vacations, investing for college and retirement, and so on - don't understand that they are living high above everyone else IS having their heads in the sand. That's what's getting people angry. They don't appreciate how good they have it.[/quote]
I very much appreciate, primarily because I came from a country where a $1K monthly income was considered a huge success. However, I can see how it might be difficult to appreciate if a person spent their whole life among the families who made no less than $200K. In their circle, a $300K income is normal and average. [/quote]
I don't know. I'm the first PP above. I grew up with a 7-figure HHI, but I can still understand this. It's about not wanting to understand the experiences of people around you.[/quote]
Same here. (I'm the poster below, who agreed with you.) I didn't grow up in a 7-figure HH, but it certainly qualified as upper-middle class - and I knew it, even by age 12 or 13. I knew that most kids did not have a large color TV in their (big) bedroom, a family membership in a nice tennis/pool club, vacations to interesting and often international destinations, season tickets to the Redskins (this is when they were at their height!), and so on. I appreciated what my parents were able to provide and knew very well that I was living better than 90% of kids my age. [/quote]

Yours is the new form of bragging: I am/was super rich, but I am also VERY socially conscious.

Gag me with a spoon.  (By the way, I grew up dirt poor and am not rich now either)[/quote]

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