Delila wrote:
> "LordAvalon" <monsieurdavallon@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:1153212920.160927.34170@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> As for the "hate", it is probably not so widespread outside the mass
> media. It may be the inability to cope with the fact that other people
> are no longer in awe with the so called "American way of life"
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> ***The "American Way of Life" isn't all it's cracked up to be, either. Most
> Americans are up to their eyeballs in debt. The average American has almost
> $ 10,000 dollars of credit card debt.

    That's too high.....but it is a problem.

 Add to that the mortgage, car payment,
> etc. and you can see that although it appears they have it all, they are
> usually struggling just to keep their heads above water.

   A very big generalization...there's some truth to it, but it's not
necesarilly the norm.

 They tend to work
> 60+ hours a week and think that's good and normal.

   Once again, SOME work that much, but the average is just under 45.

 Leisure and family have
> to take a back seat. Meals are drive-through fast food.

    For some, not all....not even most. The US is a much more mobile
and spread-out society, which causes quite a bit of this.

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> D.