Envy, one of the seven deadly sins, is not unknown to Americans.

My last column noted the absurdity of Obama lumping the upper middle class in with the rich. The income distribution in the United States is so skewed that the rich are found in the top 1 percent. The truly rich, with the accoutrements associated with that class, are in the top half of one percent.

Those points were lost on those Americans who regard anyone slightly better off than themselves as "rich." A ...

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