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People who aren't retarded didn't get ARMs, so most people I know are doing fine. Not really minding the increased cost of fuel, since I've been getting 33mpg + since the early 90s, and our fuel is still cheaper than places like GB, not that I drive much anyway. I can afford to pay my bills, and the changes are fairly negligable. Savings accounts are generally for douchebags who don't understand what inflation is, and my bonds and funds are doing alright.
Also, shitty literary misquotes aren't funny, and they don't make you seem smart.
You don't even understand what you're talking about, do you? What the fuck is the "American lifestyle"? Seriously, I wanna know what retarded ideas someone stuck in your head about more than 300 million people. Is there some magical cohesive American lifestyle I never saw?