This is the kind of article that really has me spitting feathers

[emkana]

how awful not to be able to afford school fees and foreign holidays

"Let's assume the middle class family has a combined income of £100000" - who are these people?

grrr

wow there are people that earn like 800K...what do they do...sell their soul?
What could anyone do with that much money?
Must say, I am feeling really "blessed" right now, that I feel we are not actually bad off at all...although we have like 30K a year, lol...I suppose I am lucky indeed that I feel fortunate rather then ungrateful (not saying you are ungrateful helly)

oh, but dispite feeling fortunate enough, I cna also not wait for the day when we have that lil bit extra 9when I start earning properly) that we can afford more luxuries, and dare I say safe for a rainy day

they send their kids to expensive schools and fly business class everywhere and buy lots of clothes and drive expensive cars

it's interesting that the wealthier people are, the more of a negative impact they have on the environment in terms of large cars, lots of flying, replacing perfectly decent kitchens with new ones (waste of good wood) etc etc etc

I'm not really ungrateful - I know I am very well off comparatively speaking - I'd just like the same kind of house I would have got on an equivalent income 20 years ago.

People who associate having a 'nice' life with 'things' will never ever earn enough. Ever.