What is "Rich"

Fulton Crown · 13-11-2009 09:17PM #1

Interesting vox pop on Newstalk to-day when a reporter wwas sent into the leafy lanes of South Dublin to ask about of means testing the childrens allowance.

Spoke to mainly females from the SUV driving / sun glasses wearin fraternity..who although they admitted to incomes of greater than 100k..and mortages of > 1 million claimed not to be rich !

Sent their kids to private schools too ..most of em.

Said they "depended" on the Childresns All to pay for the "extras and were very indignant at the thought of the C/A being reduced / means tested.

So what is rich.....private schools....big pads.....SUV'S.

One made the valid point that why should she be villified for spending 5k on private schools over someone who spends a similiar amt on booze an baccy ??

Eh ?

stovelid · 13-11-2009 09:21PM

Fulton Crown wrote: »

One made the valid point that why should she be villified for spending 5k on private schools over someone who spends a similiar amt on booze an baccy ??

And they don't spend money on cigarettes or alcohol either?

Their lifestyles - including private schools - are their own business, but anybody with a household income over 100k clearly doesn't need 166(?) quid a month from the state to help with children's expenses.

artanevilla · 13-11-2009 09:21PM

Not having to worry about money.

SoupyNorman · 13-11-2009 09:23PM

Having carpet in your bathroom.

My name is URL · 13-11-2009 09:27PM

Give a bum a hundred euro and he's rich

Fulton Crown · 13-11-2009 09:30PM

stovelid wrote: »

And they don't spend money on cigarettes or alcohol either?

Their lifestyles - including private schools - are their own business, but anybody with a household income over 100k clearly doesn't need 166(?) quid a month from the state to help with children's expenses.

Not what the leafy lane matrons were saying Stovie...most seemed to have 3 sprogs and were getting circa 500 squids a month.

They clearly thought they needed it.......greedy bints or wha ???

stovelid · 13-11-2009 09:37PM

Fulton Crown wrote: »

Not what the leafy lane matrons were saying Stovie...most seemed to have 3 sprogs and were getting circa 500 squids a month.

They clearly thought they needed it.......greedy bints or wha ???

I often wondered what people like Ali Hewson do. Do you think she actually claims the mickey money? Can you actually ring up and refuse to take it?

Obviously her main household expenses are provided by a dick as well.

Voltex · 13-11-2009 09:38PM

...its all relative.
Someone with a net worth of €1 million is poor relative to someone worth €1 billion..and i think we have a few of them here in Ireland.

Disposable income after core expenses (mortgage, bills(gas,esb,phone)) would be good way to start....

Kiera · 13-11-2009 09:43PM

SoupyNorman wrote: »

Having carpet in your bathroom.

Ew no! Thats just minging!

Aidric · 13-11-2009 09:43PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Give a bum a hundred euro and he's rich

Give him a hot cup and he becomes indignant.

Fulton Crown · 13-11-2009 09:44PM

stovelid wrote: »

I often wondered what people like Ali Hewson do. Do you think she actually claims the mickey money? Can you actually ring up and refuse to take it?

Obviously her main household expenses are provided by a dick as well.

You don't have to claim it I think...just not claim it.

I suppose my thread title is a little misleading what i really meant to get opinions on is - Ia household with an annual income of circa 100K rich ??

omahaid · 13-11-2009 09:45PM

Having ironed shirts would be rich for me

SoupyNorman · 13-11-2009 09:47PM

Kiera wrote: »

Ew no! Thats just minging!

I have worked in house on Ailsebury road, Shewsbury road and many other roads on Monopoly, and most had carpet in the bathroom.

wantolose · 13-11-2009 09:51PM

i wonder do the tds wives claim the c/a, i bet they do, sure their on all the bisto trains:rolleyes:

Red Hand · 13-11-2009 09:52PM

SoupyNorman wrote: »

I have worked in house on Ailsebury road, Shewsbury road and many other roads on Monopoly, and most had carpet in the bathroom.

Fairly f*cking disgusting if you ask me. Carpets are sinks for bad smells. Tiles all the way for bathrooms.

Rich...I would consider someone rich if they don't have to worry about money. Like, they are able to take a foreign holiday a year, have a new car, pay for their kids education, and still don't have to worry about money.

Earthhorse · 13-11-2009 09:54PM

artanevilla wrote: »

Not having to worry about money.

Nope. That's being broke.

carrie4 · 13-11-2009 09:54PM

Fulton Crown wrote: »

You don't have to claim it I think...just not claim it.

I suppose my thread title is a little misleading what i really meant to get opinions on is - Ia household with an annual income of circa 100K rich ??

I would think so.....although you'd probably find that even with €100K some people would manage to live so far beyond their means that they end up living pay-day to pay-day like the rest of us!!:rolleyes:

omahaid · 13-11-2009 09:55PM

Truth be told, if you can go out for a nice meal and pay using your laser card and never have a moment where you think "****, do i have enough in my account to cover this", then you are rich.

citizen_p · 13-11-2009 09:59PM

what you described is rich...duhh

Latchy · 13-11-2009 09:59PM

Not having to worry about money allowing you to focus on more important things like ......making more money .

When you dont have to pay to much attention to the CC bill at the end of the month

Dudess · 13-11-2009 10:13PM

Sure, rich refers to wealthy, but it's also subjective in other contexts.

Vincent Browne had a discussion the other night about a figure like €100 million in public expenditure being allocated to private schools. Load of sh1te - giving to those who don't need it and taking from those who do.

peasant · 13-11-2009 10:28PM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Rich...I would consider someone rich if they don't have to worry about money. Like, they are able to take a foreign holiday a year, have a new car, pay for their kids education, and still don't have to worry about money.

Money has that rather disgusting property that it makes you worry about it regardless of how much of it you've got.

As for the notion that "rich" should be measured by how much is left after ordinary expenses ...well ...most ordinary expenses can be controlled. You can decide just how expensive a house you buy or car you drive and how many 500 w lamps you need to light up either at night.

If you have an income of over 100,000 and you have nothing left after ordinary expenses ...then you're still rich ...just too stupid to spend it properly.

Hephaestus · 13-11-2009 11:23PM

For me being rich is a scenario where I could live off the profit alone of a large sum which is stored in an financial institution

irish_bob · 13-11-2009 11:23PM

Voltex wrote: »

...its all relative.
Someone with a net worth of €1 million is poor relative to someone worth €1 billion..and i think we have a few of them here in Ireland.

Disposable income after core expenses (mortgage, bills(gas,esb,phone)) would be good way to start....

rich is someone who earns 15 k more than me , thats what they used to say anyhow , i say , everything is relative

Piste · 13-11-2009 11:27PM

I think being rich is having a very large disposable income where you can buy what you want, when you want and not have to worry about whether you can afford it or not.

marbar · 13-11-2009 11:37PM

omahaid wrote: »

Having ironed shirts would be rich for me

i wonder what it would be like to wear something that has been ironed

Jay P · 13-11-2009 11:55PM

Living in comfort

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-11-2009 11:58PM

Black forest gateau

baalthor · 14-11-2009 12:00AM

irish_bob wrote: »

rich is someone who earns 15 k more than me , thats what they used to say anyhow , i say , everything is relative

Nicholas Taleb, the author of "The Black Swan" had a good example of this.

A guy from a modest back-ground becomes a financial market trader and is soon making $500,000 a year so he's in the top 1% salary-wise in the US.

He and his wife buy an apartment in the wealthiest part of New York city and send their kids to a top private school.

So are they happy? No, because their neighbours are far wealthier and make this obvious to the newcomers.

For example, when the wife picks the kids up from school she gets blanked by the other mothers.

So according to Taleb, this family is relatively "poor" compared with their peers.

Latchy · 14-11-2009 12:04AM

I could easly live of the intrest of a very large lotto win ,2 or 3 grand a week .

InkSlinger67 · 14-11-2009 12:09AM

SoupyNorman wrote: »

Having carpet in your bathroom.

Kiera wrote: »

Ew no! Thats just minging!

You don't know what you are missing Kiera! Bathroom Mushrooms FTW!

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