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"Laura Steins doesn't mind saying that she is barely squeaking by on $300,000 a year. ... By local standards, Steins occupies the lower rung of affluence -- the
by gnosis 17y ago
"Laura Steins doesn't mind saying that she is barely squeaking by on $300,000 a year. ... By local standards, Steins occupies the lower rung of affluence -- the rung where every dollar now matters."
My heart bleeds for these people. Oh the injustice of it all!
- pbhj 17y ago"by local standards" and yet the article mentions twice the unemployed domestic staff and nannies who don't even have a job never mind $80000 of disposable income a year. We have friends (a lot less affluent) who whilst far richer than us complain about their poverty, or at least the (non-working) wife does. I always say I'll start worrying when they ditch the second car. Ditto for this woman.