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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly is the problem so many people have with the term "rich"? Why are they so defensive about being labeled "rich"? Exactly, what is it you don't like about it?
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I'll bite. I'm rich, but I would never think like that to myself or say it out loud. I come from a very middle class background - well educated but not tons of $$$.  I feel very conflicted about thinking of myself as rich, when my parents, who are comfortably retired, will never be rich and in fact, sacrificed a lot financially for me and my siblings. I'm also terrified that if I admit I'm rich, I'll get used to it, and be upset if I'm not rich someday.  I want to always be fiscally prudent, and I'm afraid I might get lax and spend too much if I lulled myself into thinking I'm rich. Plus the other reasons that folks have mentioned - we don't "look" rich based on lifestyle and we hang with a bunch of even richer folks.[/quote]This makes sense to me --- someone actually being honest about the real emotional response to the label of "rich". It's more about what it means to a person emotionally -- than a real analysis based on a unemotional financial standard.
Why can't other folks just say I'm rich...but I don't want to be taxed anymore or I'm rich but don't feel I'm rich ENOUGH to be taxed any more?? It's less about the label than what people feel the label means -- i.e., the taxman is coming to take my money!![/quote]

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