一年赚300多万人民币的家庭还哭穷？看完竟无言(3)

The report found that 40% of American households are “liquid asset poor,” meaning that they don’t have enough money put away to make ends meet at the poverty level should their income be suddenly interrupted.

这项报告指出，40%的美国家庭极度缺乏流动资金。这就意味着，如果他们的薪水突然中断，他们没有足够的存款满足贫困线以上的基本生活开销。

Prosperity Now writes that the situation may be worse than their findings, as liquid asset poor is defined as $6,275 for a family of four in 2018—a conservative estimate of what a family would need to get by.

Prosperity Now还指出，实际情况可能比报告中还糟糕，因为一个四口之家的“流动资金贫穷”的定义是流动资金少于6275美元。如果一个家庭遇到点什么事儿，这个流动资金需求只是保守的估计。

Via fortune.com

那么问题来了，这对纽约夫妇明明比多数美国人富足了，为何他俩还真的感觉自己“挺穷的”？

彭博社的记者给了这样的解释：

But there might also be another reason high-income Americans don’t feel as rich as they are — there’s always someone richer. A couple making $500,000 might rub elbows with other couples making $2 million.

可能有另一个原因导致高收入美国家庭哭穷——总是有比他们更有钱的人存在。这对年收入50万美元的夫妻可能会与年收入200万美元的夫妇交际。

At each level of affluence, many social climbers probably look at the people on the next rung higher and feel a burning need to keep pace.

对于不同级别的富人来说，许多想往上爬的富人们可能会仰望更高层级的人，因此非常焦虑地想要追上更富裕的人。

Via bloomberg.com

你怎么看待高收入群体哭穷？面对更有钱的人，如何保持良好的心态？