Every day we hear how bad things are. The economy may or may not be recovering. The debt is too high. The government may shutdown again. We may default on our loans. Hungry people here. Poor people there.
When compared to other parts of the world, we’re not really doing that poorly in the United States. Our bottom 5% are wealthier than 2/3rds of the world. With such discrepancies in need, how can we be so politically charged about our finances?
