I think what the parent poster was trying to get at is people tend to lump themselves in the "barely scraping by" bracket, no matter where they actually fall on

I think what the parent poster was trying to get at is people tend to lump themselves in the "barely scraping by" bracket, no matter where they actually fall on the economic ladder. It's easier to see the people who have things you don't than to realize what you have that others don't.