This is symptomatic of society today. It infuriates me.
I'm setting up a business with no income and getting by OK on my meagre savings only to be told by someone I know, who has a good job as does his wife, bringing in over £100K per year, that he's really struggling with money. His problem is that he wants to drive a nice car, extend his house, buy designer clothes and go on nice holidays. To tell me that he is skint is quite offensive to me. With the money he earns I could live a very comfortable life and still put plenty of money into savings.
He's just one example. Most of the middle class in the west live their lives like this. I think there is an expectation that they deserve to live in luxury. When economic reality hits home at some point in the next 5 years I wonder how these people will cope.