Reply #73: they simply ARE wealthy

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they make more money than over 85% of all other households. Granted, they are not as wealthy as someone making $10 million, nor as wealthy as $100,000 annual income would have made them in 1987. Yes, there are plenty of ways to spend that money, like a $185,000 house (and yes, even my sisters have that, and it seems like a bad deal too. I mean they are nice houses, but not five times as nice as my $35,000 house.) but they simply have far more spending power than 85% of the population. Anything over 75% is wealthy to me, but there are other factors besides income which will determine how financially well-off someone is. Next year I will have the same income, but I will no longer have house payments to make.