I never said you were in the 1% or even rich according to some elevated level. And I was not referring to driving a MB as you also have a Datsun Z car from what I recall.

I said that a person living below the poverty line is going to consider everyone above them including you "rich". A 3K car to someone that can't afford a bicycle might as well be a 770 Mil boat. It is a matter of perspective.

And before someone says to add a luxury tax to punish those evil rich, this has been done before in the US ( and England from what I recall ). The "rich" stopped buying things and Joe lunch box got laid off at the shipyard / RV factory / aircraft plant as a result.

If you want to punish the rich because they paid $ 50 K for a new kitchen, you better punish 10 Joe lunch boxes when they pay $ 5 K each as both groups generated jobs for other Joe lunch boxes.