"spot the elitist" competition
Aug. 19th, 2008 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
realthogClaire Gutierrez presents a somewhat stark difference between the two presidential candidates in the latest "Harper's Weekly Review" column:
At a forum for the presidential candidates hosted by Reverend Rick Warren, Barack Obama and John McCain were asked to define "rich." Anyone making $250,000 or more, said Obama. "If you're just talking about income," said McCain, "how about 5 million?"
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Date: 2008-08-20 01:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-20 02:01 pm (UTC). . . as if he's ever likely to let that happen . . .
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Date: 2008-08-20 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-20 08:00 pm (UTC)I define rich as someone who can choose what to do with his or her time.
(Of course, there are the more PO answers, such as: rich means having lots of love in your life, etc.)
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Date: 2008-08-20 08:52 pm (UTC)I thought Obama's estimate was a pretty reasonable one -- the question concerned "rich" not "well off".
"I define rich as someone who can choose what to do with his or her time."
That's a reasonable definition. My own definition of "well off" is to have enough that you never have to lie awake worrying about money.