Of course we are still friends, but I would not feel differently if I lived there.  We have gone thru struggles in our lifetime, had to sell a home we could not afford, barely got by and we didn&#39;t feel that others should work harder to bail us out.  We had to do it ourselves and it made us more determined to work even harder to make sure our futures and those of our children were secure.  I don&#39;t believe in &quot;Income redistribution&quot; - I think you should work hard for what you want, save for it and not count on others to give it to you.  We have many different opinions here and obivously ours differs on this matter, but it doesn&#39;t affect our friendship...we just agree to diagree. <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />