Reply #73: You DO realize that . . .

[HughBeaumont]

. . . there are very few places in MIDDLE America (never mind big cities or their suburbs) where you can rent a 1-bedroom apartment if you made the yearly income equivalent of what an Indian white-collar worker makes. You DO know that, don't you?

If we're talking Chinese wages, forget about living on your own or a family; you wouldn't even make it out of your parent's basement. Or drive.

Is that the suggested "standard lowering" we should all aspire to?

Or should we just hand over all cash, assets and property to the ultra-wealthy and forget about ever getting ahead, all because you think Americans make WAY too much? Maybe we should live under bridges and eat bugs to experience REAL squalor to satisfy your definition of FAIRNESS?

Poverty is poverty. The world has different levels and there isn't any changing that. If you think it doesn't exist in America, then you're delusional.