Reply #99: I have the highest respect for people like that. [View All]

[UdoKier]

I just despise those who imply that that alone is enough to get by in America for *everyone*. It's the smug, self-satisfied attitude that's offensive, not the frugality.

I clip coupons, shop at the Chinese market rather than Albertson's, my kids wear hand-me-downs, my economy car is old, we seldom eat out, and when we do, it's a CHEAP place.

Being frugal has enabled us to get by in a super-pricey city. But there are a lot of people getting by on much less than we do here. They don't have the freedom to up and move to Arizona or wherever.

Why do I feel I'm talking on the Yahoo boards here?

Is nobody here able to acknowledge that some people are born with advantages over others, and that if you are successful, you ought to have a measure of humility and gratitude for your good fortune, rather than disdain for those less fortunate?

Where do they teach this attitude? Those "Abundant Faith" churches?

Amazing.