I'm glad you pointed this out as the voice of reason. I can't believe all of the anti-American sentiment in this thread. I still firmly believe that any Ameri

I'm glad you pointed this out as the voice of reason. I can't believe all of the anti-American sentiment in this thread. I still firmly believe that any American who is willing to work hard and avoid drugs can have an amazing life. I'm not even that hard working and do fine. Every super hard working person I've known is doing well, most better than me. I have two cousins who became pipefitters, and both make in the 150-200k range per year. I know a family friend who works package handling part time, and part time he drives a truck and trailer doing hauling, oddjobs, moving, etc. He is nearly a millionaire at this point. None are college educated. The biggest problem USA has is people who expect/demand that since they went to college, they deserve a job and money. Or folks who think that working at all should provide them a nice lifestyle. It may have been that way at one point, but not in a long time. Unfortunately, those are a lot of vocal voices.