So Who's Rich?

With tax policy debates showing that most (poorer) people are in favor of letting tax rates return to their Clinton era levels for people earning more than a quarter million yearly from work, The Takeaway asked listeners: What does it mean to be poor or rich in America?

Allan from Woonsocket, Rhode Island responded:
"I feel rich by knowing that rich or poor is a state of mind."

But is there a more concrete dividing line between feeling rich and feeling poor in our country, and if so... what is it?

Larry Samuel, the author of "Rich: The Rise and Fall of American Wealth Culture" says it's relative and not related to feeling happy.

Plutocrats & Politics Audio Embed: PRI & WNYC's program The Takeaway 9/17/10, Hosts: Celeste Headlee & John Hockenberry.

Young and Rich is the title cut from the second album by The Tubes (1976).