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Originally Posted by lookout123

have you ever actually met a wealthy individual?

Yes

Originally Posted by lookout123

i'm not talking about the paris hilton type, but the kind that probably lives in your neighborhood.

Yes

Originally Posted by lookout123

I spend a good portion of my time with the entry level wealthy (it's my job) and I can tell you that people you would villify as wealthy don't think of themselves as wealthy.

Ok. MRMV. I deal with people every day that have some wealth and think that it gives them all kinds of entitlements.

Originally Posted by lookout123

in fact, they continue to work hard and accumulate more because they are afraid they haven't worked hard enough to survive retirement yet.

Generality. You really shouldn't lump people together like that. I'll accept that have heard that. I think there are aother reasons, as well.

Originally Posted by lookout123

what defines a glutton?

Technically "1 a : one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking". I use the term to include wealth.

Originally Posted by lookout123

someone with $10 more than you? $10,000? $1,000,000?

I'm not going to quantify what's enough. Just like you know when your belly is full, you know when you have enough.

Originally Posted by lookout123

Wait forget all that. Serious question here. Where in your scale does a person who makes $60,000 per year fall?

Right between $59,999.99 and $60,000.01.

Originally Posted by lookout123

Are they one of the righteous poor or one of the villainous wealthy?

People who have enough and continue to accumulate wealth are part of the reason there's as much poverty as there is. They are part of the reason that welfare rolls are as high as they are, and part of the reason your taxes are high. They are also part of the reason that America's middle class is disappearing.