Posted on 06/06/2015 4:54:42 PM PDT by lowbridge
Manhattan writer Suzanne Corso, 46, was once a card-carrying member of the 1 percent — until her financier husband lost their $100 million nest egg in the 2008 fiscal meltdown. Here, the mother of one, who has just published her third novel, “Hello, Hollywood,” tells The Post’s Jane Ridley her very New York story of survival.
My 6-year-old daughter doesn’t think twice about calling room service from our luxury residential hotel to order a $25 cheeseburger for herself.
It’s November 2005 and we’ve been living in an 11-room suite at the Ritz-Carlton on West Street for a little more than two years. And first-grader Samantha has developed quite the habit of ordering in.
Far from finding it cute, I’m appalled — I grew up on welfare in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, so the charm and appeal of the whole “Eloise at the Plaza” scenario is wasted on me as I consider that we might be raising a spoiled child.
How ironic, then, that just three years later that privileged lifestyle would come crashing down around our heads. My husband, Anthony, now 52, lost his entire fortune — more than $100 million — in the Wall Street financial crisis, leaving us wondering where our next rent check would come from.
Looking back, it was the best thing that ever happened. Hanging out with the uber-wealthy was dull and empty. If someone handed me $100 million today, I’d give it back in a heartbeat. Why? Because I’ve found the fulfillment I’ve craved since childhood.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
By that logic, anyone making $1m/yr is also in the top 25% of earners
The author is trying to associate the extremely wealthy with those making $250k+/yr to impress how far apart the average person’s income is from this
Perhaps:
"The average top 1% of earners make a lot less then $1m/yr and have a net worth well below $100m",
Or
You do not need to make close to $1M per year to qualify for the top 1%
Does that mean she ate 4 Lobsters? Holly Molly I guess a Wookie needs its tummy filled I suppose
That's exactly what my wife and I thought. Make 100 million. Ten million is going in the bank at least. Leave 100 million to shaky investments? No way.
...was once a card-carrying member of the 1 percent -- until her financier husband lost their $100 million nest egg in the 2008 fiscal meltdown.Now she's living a productive life as a fiction writer. /s
“You know, we’re going to have to get rid of the helicopter.”
Yeah I think we all had to say this at one time or an other....
What are you talking about? $44 champagne?
Cheapskate!
I always promise God that if I win the big lotto prize I will spend much of the money tormenting the abortion loving Left.
I’ll also put Katy Sagal on Broadway as Lady MacBeth.
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