How Did You Spend Your Money This Month?

Some statistics suggest that as much as 20 % of americans live below what we call the national poverty line. When most of us talk about being poor, we only mean that we have little in a context that is outrageously wealthy compared to most human beings on earth. I think a common American tendency is to immediately dismiss ourselves from the discussion around wealth and affluence. Compared to a huge swath of the world population, most of us are rich.