I thought maybe it was just some people I hang out with! Not many- but I have some friends who, no matter how much poverty they see, think that a certain group of people is just rolling in the dough. For instance, tribal Alaskans - I have a couple of friends who think that the tribal people in Alaska receive so much money from their corporations they wouldn't have to work if they didn't fritter it away on pull tabs (form of lottery)and costume jewelery. No matter how often you point out the official figures that corporate shareholders get, the very next time the subject comes up, they hold the same view. It's true that the tribes get their dividends once and even twice a year, when there is a profit- and it's true that the cab companies look forward to the extra money they make that week- but my friends (related to each other) swear that they get that money EVERY month.

Oh, and as for what they see at the grocers and other stores! The steaks, the toys, the fancy shoes! Where they are supposed to buy, I can't think. Maybe with all the money they are raking in, they should have the decency to have the food and other bought stuff delivered to their door?

I can't imagine that any one of us would want to have someone else tell us what to buy or not buy or even to take notice of what we buy. And I think it's an accepted phenomenon that people without goals or even hope tend to get rid of their found money pretty quickly. Any remedy has to start at the other end...

Strangely, I never see these things. I've frankly never noticed someone buying steaks or hamburger, for that matter. I don't expect that it's any of my business.