Within the last year, you've updated your will and your health care directive.
When someone in your circle needs hospice care, you can access it affordably.
You can read, and you have a public library.
You have blank paper and pens.
You have a reliable car and a trusty, affordable mechanic.
A neighbor will drive you on errands when your car's in repair.
When conflicts arise, you know how to take responsibility for your part of the problem.
Your government aims to meet the needs of the poor. It respects nature. It respects other countries' rights to self-determination. It provides a working postal service, a working VA, competent weather forecasters and environmental protections. It defends free speech and rigorous scientific study. It protects watersheds from mining and toxic-generating manufacturing.
You've saved $1000. (56% of Americans cannot cover a $1000 emergency.)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE REALLY RICH?
You have a vegetable garden.
You enjoy gardening, cooking and doing laundry.
You or a neighbor have chickens, fruit trees and a milking goat or a milking cow.
Every day, you buy an espresso or a cup of coffee and/or a muffin.
Most of your teeth are intact.
You have reliable income, health insurance and a pension.
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