Quote Originally Posted by Chubminnow View Post
ot sure whateveryone else's definition of rich is, but for me it's the fact that I have clean clothes on my back...winter clothes, summer clothes, a warm house, zero credit card debt, no auto payments, there's plenty in the refrigerator...and...as of "right now" I'm still employed and above everything else I'm fairly healthy in that I can see, walk, hear, speak, etc...(as of right now, lol).
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Unfortunately the life you describe is being taken away from many of us through a slow process of the country's wealth gravitating to the folks who measure themselves by how much money they have... I believe the number of people in this country who have acquired millionaire status in the last few years has grown substantially, unfortunately a lot of that growth hasn't come from investing in this country and the folks who live and work here... It seems a lot of it has come from reducing the livelihood of a lot of people who work for their beans... Some of the fellas here seem to always be whining about the rich paying too much in taxes, I wonder who will pay the tax to support our country when the only folks that are left are the super rich and the rest who are living below the poverty line... I am hoping the USA can find a way to remain being a great place to live and raise a family instead of becoming a great place for the few to become rich at the expense of the rest.