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The Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, decided to ask his constituents “how are things going” in light of the high price of oil.  He didn’t expect much of a response but soon received over 600 emails that talked about their plight.  Several of the response are below:

“By February we ran out of wood and I burned my mother’s dining room furniture.”
“It costs me so much money in gas that my wife and I live on $6 per day to eat.”
“My mortgage is behind, we are at risk for foreclosure, and I can’t keep up with my car payments.”

Although many people from the US can sympathize with the anecdotes, I showed the same document to many Indians and the response was the same - Why do they live so far away, why do they have 2-3 cars for a family of 2, why did they buy big houses…ouch no sympathy here. However, most still want to emulate the American dream.

When I first saw the email I thought it was a joke. However, the entire document is available on Senator Bernie Sanders website. Direct link to PDF.