Reply #4: Anybody who works for "Best Life" Magazine [View All]

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is only interested in spinning fantasies. Since the wealthy make up such a small percentage of the population, rags like this are promoted to idiot the masses who think, "Hey Oprah and Martha rose from nothing. I could too. All I have to do is buy this magazine, and display it on my coffee table in the den." They don't understand that its real usefulness is as a paperweight for their stack of unpaid bills.

All joking aside, the disparity between the rich and everybody else in this country is a tragedy. The other day while waiting in line with my 13-year-old and her friend in LA to see a concert, we were repeatedly approached by homeless people looking for change - a sight my daughter's friend was probably shocked by since her parents own three homes, two Mercedes, go on lavish vacations, and pay for four different ice skating coaches (including one of Michelle Kwan's) for the girl who is pursuing the sport as a "hobby." Contrast that with the little boy who looked to be 8 or 9 who happened by with his mother and a shopping cart, stopping to put on a pair of rubber gloves and poke through a trash can for cans and bottles they could recycle for a few pennies. That was heartbreaking.