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Subject: Re: Nice Ugly Americans Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:36:40 EDT

Mxsmanic wrote:
> Miguel Cruz writes:
>> Which Americans are these? I've lived in the USA for over 20 years and
>> I've never yet had anyone tell me their net worth (unless it was zero or
>> less and part of a funny story).
>
> Americans routinely ask me how much I make shortly after meeting me.

I think that's because you have an interesting, unique line of work and
they're curious about its viability.

That's different from a general pressing need to know how much money
everyone around them has in the bank.

miguel
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