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To: Toddsterpatriot; Mase; expat_panama

Some interesting stats from Rector at Heritage.


2 posted on 09/10/2009 8:29:20 AM PDT by 1rudeboy (Why are people afraid of statistics, anyway? They're just statistics.)
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To: 1rudeboy
Having spent a lot of time traveling the world it's obvious being "poor" in the U.S. means something very different than it does in the rest of the world.
7 posted on 09/10/2009 8:48:47 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: 1rudeboy
Interesting fact...

A few years ago a buddy of mine had his daughter get married, and she married a guy from England.

The English family was quite wealthy and about 25 of the English families ( several hundred people) all flew over for the wedding and stayed several weeks.

Great people and we had a ball showing them around.

My buddy owns a small farm and works construction part time, hardly rich.

They were amazed that everyone here in the area drove tricked out 4x4 pick-up trucks and had an SUV or two.

They couldn't believe how big the houses and yards were, or how cheap things were in the stores.

They really freaked out ( not scared, just surprised ) when they found out it was OK to carry guns in your car, on your person, and every home was full of them.

Most of the Americans they met were middle class or to the low end of that, but all would have been very rich in England by their standard.

8 posted on 09/10/2009 8:53:09 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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