Is there a Leisure Class Extant Anywhere in the World Anymore?

Please don't think I think I know what I'm talking about. Huh?

Is there a leisure class in this country? I ask because I recently reread Jane Austen's Emma and started thinking about the fact that there was quite a large leisure class in the early 18th century in England. I started to wonder whether such a thing existed in America around the time of the Revolutionary War, having seen HBO's *John Adams* recently. Is there a leisure class in America today. The press and politicians would have you believe so.

I admit I don't stay up to date with Hollywood Gossip, but the only person I can think of who lives a life of leisure is Paris Hilton, and I don't care the tiniest little bit about what's going on in her life short of the most basic moral interest afforded another human being. Other people out there who seem to have boatloads of money, excepting politicians perhaps, work for what they have, or else provide living for countless others who work for or in association with them.

Actors and Actresses, at least those for whom I have any respect, work hard long hours. Some of them even take the time to think about what they do and why they do it.

I'm thinking about this because of economic factors. I'm curious about what will actually happen with our taxes under this new president. I can't afford to actually worry about it, but I am curious, all the while reminding myself that God will provide--somehow. Perhaps not in the way I would prefer.