Where I'm from on the Gold Coast, we say that there are a lot of 'cashed-up Bogans,' you know, people with no class but a lot of money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
There are not many people around the world who can say, 'I get paid to jump into a sandpit.'
In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign of trouble.
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
I grew up on a sugar plantation in Trinidad, on an expat estate, and that meant I had no idea about money until a lot later than most children.
When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush.
Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class.
It is usually people in the money business, finance, and international trade that are really rich.
The people of the Southern States now own near five millions of these negroes, and they are worth to them near three millions of dollars.
People tend to assume that I come from a long line of castle-dwelling gentry and am made of money.