How far behind America is and how much the “America is #1” sentiment is a joke at this point. Maybe I had rose-tinted glasses on while on holiday in the UK and Spain, but it seems like the rest of the modern world has figured out universal healthcare, free/affordable education, and work-life balance.....and the list could go on much further.

Meanwhile, half of the US views views these things as extreme socialism/communism and would prefer that a gun has more rights than a person.

My grandparents had money. They had a house on cape cod, a house in Naples FL, and would travel around the world multiple times per year. They went to Italy at least once a year.

My grandmother loved an early bird special. She loved her coupons. She lived thru the great depression and you could tell.

Sometimes she'd drag us to olive garden with her coupons, and she'd have us all get a free taster glass of wine. It's just a splash in a glass, barely anything. But then we'd all have to pour it into her glass so she'd have a free full glass with dinner.

😭😭😭 Grandma noooooo. I'll just buy you a glass of wine. But she was so insistent on us doing that.

While wearing a real mink coat. Please.

I used to work for a member of the wealthiest family in the world, and their estate manager rounded up a charge on their company card by 68 cents to benefit a local charity. She later had to write a personal check to the accounting department for that 68 cents. It’s still the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen.

My son has a landscaping business and does jobs for all income levels. If a middle class or lower income person feels like the estimate is too much they will do it in stages or just not hire him. Upper class people will agree to a price then complain about the price, pay VERY late or try to bargain down the price they already agreed on. It’s bizarre.