"With a sheepish grin, Ms. Diaz said her parents could hardly believe how she lives. She and her husband have a 48-inch television, satellite dish, gleaming kitchen with track lighting, and his-and-hers pickup trucks. His is a dark green Ford 150 with a "Bad Boy" decal."

Case in point, what they NEED is now what they WANT; their new index of "MAKING IT" is their material "wealth".