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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:09 AM Original message |
Am I wealthy? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not even close... in fact your several hundred light years away. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think anybody else can make that estimation for you! |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh yeah! You are the mega-rich! |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. Weath is measured not by income but by ownership, that is net worth |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Right - "wealth" is not income, it's ownership. If someone made $1 mil, but spent it all |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. If you are female would you marry me? |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. LOL - already married, but you are a peach! :) |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Exactly. The OP earns a good living, not wealthy. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. wealthy is relative |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. In money, no, in other things like family, love relationships........ |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Of course |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. I consider myself very wealthy because I have a wonderful wife of 23 plus years and 3 great kids. |
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Captain Sensible (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Lucky not wealthy.... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. No, you're the "real" middle class. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Lower middle class. |
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Night_Nurse (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. By what criteria do you.. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Why do you ask? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You can't buy happiness...but poverty definitely weighs on your mindset. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. From the studies I've seen, money contributes to happiness ... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. My experience agrees with that. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. You sound very comfortable to me, how do you feel about it? -eom |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I feel very comfortable. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You've done well keeping down that debt. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. yes |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. My bad. Should be $250 a month |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. $60k a year and you think you might be considered wealthy? Are you nuts? |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I completely disagree. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Could You Quit Working, Right Now. . . |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. If we had zero income we could survive about 3 months on our savings |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. For your sake, I hope it never happens to you. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Then you are one major medical incident away from destitution. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. What if your company goes belly up or decides to dump |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Well if that happens I am screwed in the short term. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Yes, but your question wasn't "am I comfortable", it was "am I wealthy". |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. The L Curve |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Monetarily, you are not wealthy. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. No follow up from the OP? |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I have responded to several points made by others here. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
24. To some you may seem to be, but in reality |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. No... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. No. Solidly middle class for your region, but not wealthy. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. Solidly middle class. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
35. Not by a long shot |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. $80,000 to $100,000 is what I consider "well-off"...nt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. In the urban northeast 80-100 is not well off. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Same in most major cities |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. I live in the urban Northeast... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. "Well off" is massively vague. Here are some facts. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. It all depends on your income. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. then you are making mince meat out of the common meaning of words |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. Some workers on this planet will not make 60K over the course of their entire lifetimes. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Then again they don't have 2,000/month rent/mortgage |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. If you have to ask........ |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. Define "weathly". If you don't worry about every cent you spend, |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. To me you sound like you're comfortable - not wealthy |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
51. You Have $32,000 in Deductions? |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. Man I think I may move to MO, $800 for property tax sounds really, really good right about now. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
53. No, you're not wealthy, but you're still doing better than 1/2 of |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. You make $60,000 a year and you have to ask? |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
55. Have you got your health? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. ... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
59. it's all relative, are you managing just fine-if so then that's all the matters. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
63. No...and wealth is not just monetary... |
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