[Bigg Red]

I once read a piece by Dinesh D'Souza (sp?!) in which he said that someone from his native India was convinced of the great wealth of America by observing that here poor people are fat.

[perfect stranger]

You can find that piece in his book 'Letters to a Young Conservative".

IIRC After he came here as an exchange student he was corresponding to someone he knew in India that wanted to come to America and that was his reason why; he was fascinated by a country where there can be overweight poor people.