The welfare and the economy

In all walks of life are experienced pleasant and unpleasant situations. The well-being or discomfort are not dependent on the economy.

I invite you to imagine a graph with the amount of money we have for our expenses: food, clothing, accommodation, entertainment.

The graphical representation would be a step up. In the first step are those who have not satisfied their basic needs (poverty) in the second step we have those who earn barely enough to cover the most essential, and so on, in the third step are the poor, then the middle class and finally the rich.

Within each level (step), we find different opinions about how they feel its inhabitants and there take contact with different feelings, as they present their different degrees of conformity and dissent, saying:

- The inhabitants of the lower rungs, you might say, «I'm not bad but not good»; «and not worth living»; «I am content because I do not owe anybody anything»; «all this is little, but my»; «all I want is to be healthy»; «kill those who have more, not divided»; «and better times are coming!», and an infinite range of expressions, feelings, opinions.

- The inhabitants of the intermediate steps, you might say, «everything is expensive»; «live to work, I'm pretty tired»; «I can not wait to retire»; «just work to pay bills and pay off debts»; «with my spouse speak very little»; «hardly know what to think our children»; «we are afraid of crime», and an infinite range of expressions, feelings, opinions.

- The inhabitants of the upper steps, you might say, «the state retains much of what we earn»; «spent a lot of effort to preserve what we have won with sacrifice»; «do not understand how some may envy our situation»; «would be less but enjoy more».

Note: Original in Spanish (without translation by Google): El bienestar y la economía

(This is Article No. 1631)

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