"Doug Carter" wrote in message
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Paul Sengupta wrote:
In India, it's quite easy for a normal middle class family to employ:
1) A driver
2) Someone to look after the kids
3) A maid to cook and clean.

This would be pretty unthinkable for someone in the US. Food and
restaurants are much cheaper, but luxury goods are on a par.

Seems to imply that either the U.S. middle class elects to
spend more of their
income on material goods (leaving less for servents) or
India has cheaper
servents (lower underclass).

In talking with some computer types from India, Ed Yourdon was told "I can
get a dishwasher for $25". Yourdon was appalled, thinking he was talking
about an appliance until the fellow said that was someone to do the dishes.