There is a mis-conception that American's are wealthy, you're not.

[Thulian]

Originally Posted by kaluppo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I work in the IT business so I talk quite a bit with people from places like India and Pakistan. One of my co-workers moved here from India. I remember my co-worker told me that the thing that surprised him the most when he got here is seeing how "good" the middle class lived in America. He specifically mentioned things like houses and apartments that didn't have leaking roofs, every home has a TV and computer, we can buy new or near new cars that don't have holes in the floor.

To them, living on a 50K year salary in the US is like being rich because where they are from the middle class there live very poorly.

It's all perspective.

I have 2 graphic designers in bangladesh that do my labels and i asked him how much a gallon of good milk is in the store, he said its usually around $1

I pay him $20 for a standard label design which nets him 1/4 shopping cart filled with food. If its a good label ( Which takes him a few hours ) i give him $50 or $100 which is basically a shopping spree and enough food for 2 weeks for his family.

India / pakistan / bangladesh is a dump, 99.9% of people are living in homemade shacks or horrible housing

Originally Posted by Llanos [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This headline is what is wrong with America. America is literally rich people bitching that other rich people are richer than they are. Even our poor people are rich in comparison. People who haven't travelled say dumb shit like this. Even if other countries have it better they are just even more rich.
Go somewhere and see real poverty and come back.

Most people dont have any perspective because they have never been anywhere else.