One thing's sure and nothing's surer
The rich get rich and the poor get--children
This quote from The Great Gatsby--a riff on "Ain't We Got Fun" from Whiting, Kahn and Egan--describes the class divide in modern American.
The original was written in 1921, and it rings true once again in the aftermath of The Great Recession.
As the Robert DuVall character says in the movie Broken Trail, "Don't ever measure your wealth by money."
The European upper classes have long measured their wealth by power, and today's upper and upper middle classes in the U.S. tend to measure their wealth by money.
The lower middle and lower classes in the North America often measure their wealth in family terms and relationships.
Other lines from the same song read:
Bill collectors gather 'round and rather
Haunt the cottage next door
Landlords mad and getting madder
Times are so bad and getting badder
If Wifey wishes to go to a play
Don't wash the dishes
Just throw them away
They've cut my wages
But my income tax will be so much smaller
Ain't we got fun?
These views foreshadowed a coming Great Depression. What do their return signal today?
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