I'm talking about why I don't think that income = class.

I didn't say that income was the same as class, I said that income was the most important factor in class.

Americans tend to take money as a sign of God's or Natural Selection's blessing on a person. If you're rich, you're more important than anybody except a celebrity. Academics rank significantly below medical doctors everywhere but within the academic community itself.

Meanwhile, I'm hoping to save up enough for a couch before the fall series premieres.

I think I need to be related to ita.

If you're rich, you're more important than anybody except a celebrity.

Are there many poor celebrities?

I said that income was the most important factor in class

You don't think a poor lawyer is higher classed than a rich janitor? When all is said and done?

I think I need to be related to ita.

It's a crapshoot, I warn you.

Are there many poor celebrities?

Rodney King.

Are there many poor celebrities?

Emperor Norton?

Are there many poor celebrities?

cf "The Surreal Life"

Are there many poor celebrities?

Gary Coleman. Or so Avenue Q would have me believe.

And there are always celebrity bankruptcies. Or there used to be. I can't think of any recent cases.

Are there many poor celebrities?

Michael Jackson?