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kleinbl00  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 4 Men with 4 Very Different Incomes Open Up About the Lives They Can Afford

“Wealth. Any income that is at least $100 more a year than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.”

- HL Mencken, A Book of Burlesques (1916)

Something never pointed out by these cute little exposes is that none of these people hang out together. They don't shop at the same stores, go to the same restaurants, watch the same sports or even drive in the same traffic. That they're all a 7 or higher speaks to the stratification of society - the dude who wants to upgrade his $1.5m house sure as fuck isn't going to say that to the dude whose food budget is about 1/2 EBT.

You know what's interesting? The fact that everybody but the top guy thinks they're paying too much taxes - including the guy paying none. There's a public policy lesson there.