In response to:
My Dad made $50K a year.
My prom didn't cost me a cent.
Of course I didn't GO to it either.
America is a land of class mobility. That's what makes America a magnet destination for people all over the world: Come to America and make something of yourself. If you want great welfare benefits, try to bust into Europe; if you want to work for a living and get rich, come to the United States.
But for some Americans, there is no class mobility. There is a permanent economic underclass, and those who inhabit it have no ability to rise above their fiscal fate.
There is a reason for that: They make bad decisions.
Take, for example,...
USA - President Barack Obama -15 trillion in debt.
President's wife - Hundred thousand dollar vacations - taxpayer paid - money borrowed.
China - President Hu Jintao - owns much of USA debt.
President's wife - no vacations reported.