People scoff at these articles because they give the impression that the people involved are barely able to scrape by. The "we know how poor people feel because

People scoff at these articles because they give the impression that the people involved are barely able to scrape by. The "we know how poor people feel because after our 2x mortgages 4x holidays 3x private school fees 3x car expenses and 2x weekly nights out, we don't have any money left either" syndrome ;) (A line of thinking that is surprisingly common. Keep an eye out for it!) This tends to amuse me, but it does seem to make some people angry. Few of them seem to be in this thread, though. Certainly not enough to count as "everyone here".