America is so great that even our Poor are better off than the middle classes of the rest of the world (e.g. own 2 or more cars per household).America is so great that even our Poor are better off than the middle classes of the rest of the world (e.g. own 2 or more cars per household). No kidding. Everytime a hippy asks me for change in the US, a dozen images of street kids I've seen around the world flashes through my head. Somehow, I refrain from popping them in the nose.