From my travels and conversations with americans I suspect most of your countrymen do not realize how poor the actual living conditions of the middle class are in America. In Spain an employed engineer in his early 40s with 15 years experience might make about 40k/year, wich is probably half, or a third, of what his american counterpart makes, yet the spaniard enjoys a much better quality of living. This is true for a 1 1/2st world nation like Spain, but it is much truer in 2nd world nations ...
