Exactly! eye-popping? wtf! America is unique in that there are people of ALL income groups. There is not the ultra-billionaires and the poverty stricken only. If you go to where the super-rich have 20 million dollar mansions, next to them may be "smaller" 5 million dollar mansions, if you drive further out, you can see homes in all price ranges. you don't see shacks next to the ultra mansions. The CSM editor has his head up his puckered, hypocritcal ass. How much money does HE make? I'll bet you that its a hell of a lot more than the "lowly" 27K that the "average person makes. I'll take a wild guess, that whatever it is, even 300K/yr. he doesn't consider himself "rich". Only people who make more than him are greedy, but he makes an amount that is "just right".