Reply #24: Just send Richie Rich to Egypt... [View All]

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...where I've lived for 3 years.

And let's give him a cushy job with the government. Or teaching school.

He will make about 500 Egyptian pounds (LE) a month. That's between $70-80 US dollars. Which has to pay the rent, buy food, gas for the car, and schooling or tutoring for the kids. And everything else.

Or if he's a more average Egyptian, he'll rake in about LE 200 per month. That's around 30 US dollars.

Now let's not forget that we are in the middle of a GLOBAL economic crisis. So like everywhere else, prices are going up for just about everything in Egypt right now.

I sometimes resent it when Egyptians say things like "all Americans are rich." (My usual response: "If I were rich, I wouldn't be here working.")

But believe me, compared to these folks, most of us ARE rich. It's been an eye-opening and generally humbling experience.