A friend and I were talking the other day about the current economical status of our country.  Gas prices are through the roof, causing people to want (need) to buy other forms of transportation such as scooters or motorcycles, causing the prices of those other forms of transportation to rise.  And that’s just one of the examples of how we are financially screwed as a country.  House prices are in the toilet, employers are downsizing, people are buying less because there is less to spend.  I think there are very few people reading this that aren’t affected by all of this stuff.

This friend and I started wondering how many people in the country are worse off now then they have ever been financially.  I know it sucks to think about, but I’m curious.  Here’s the deal.  You can comment as “Anonymous” if you want, but I’m curious.  On a scale of 1 to 10.  1 being the “poorest” you have ever been, and 10 being the “richest”, where do you fall today?  

*Obviously, our “rich” and “poor” are relative to the World’s and I by no means am saying that anyone here in America is “poor” compared to the rest of the world.  But let’s face it, we live in a culture and society where we, as American’s, need more to survive in this culture.  We could go back and forth with that if we wanted to, but that’s not what this post is about.*

So that’s the question.  On a personal scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the “poorest” you’ve ever been and 10 being the “richest”, where do you fall today?