This doesn’t apply to you if you are losing your house or your job. But for everybody else I just thought I would remind you that any sacrifices you may be making because of the economy, are probably pretty trivial in the overall scheme of things. Because you live in the US or similar country [...]

Until recently the average middle class American had no problem with, and even sometimes liked, the very wealthy. There was surprisingly little jealousy or resentment. As long as they were reasonably satisfied with their lifestyle, they didn’t begrudge the super rich their decadence. It had little to do with them. In fact many people were [...]