I Used To Be Rich

Gifts for the person who HAD everything

admin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:06:54 +0000

“I used to be rich” is the phrase that is beginning to apply to all of us (even if we were rich only in our imaginations). This site devotes itself to discussion on the subject as well as inexpensive, quality, fun products that make “I used to be rich,” the brand that is catching fire!

Who wears “I Used To Be Rich” Tee Shirts?

admin — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:32:03 +0000

Who is wearing “I used to be rich” tee shirts? Glad you asked. Fact is, the answer is a surprise to us. Obviously we thought people who once had a comfortable amount of dough, but no longer do, were going to be the major buyers of these oh-so-adorable-funny-irreverent-silly-relatively-cheap-yet-high-quality-tees. It turns out they are, but they’re not the only ones. There are lots of college aged kids who are buying these tees – despite their demon college loans. We also have a great deal of customers who never were even remotely rich. They may be buying them to make others think that their present economic status is but a temporary set back due to some unwise investments with Bernie Madoff or they may be wearing it to stick it to those that have dough or they just may be wearing the soft, faded, sort of anti-brand brand because they like them, or they may be envisioning a time where after they make a ton of money they lose it all. We don’t know, but we like the fact that they are wearing them. In fact, the “I used to be rich” tees are cutting across all socio-economic demographics: rich, poor, old, young, smart (no dummies wear this shirt), in debt, out of debt, going into debt, republicans, democrats, socialists, anarchists, liberals, conservatives (it’s been rumored that Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, Rachel Maddow, and Michelle Obama have bought several dozen for their friends – actually I just made that up). What is true is that the shirt is being worn by a great cross section of people, who are running into other people wearing them as well. It’s like a club, a movement!!! If nothing else, maybe the wearing of these funny tees (we also have “I used to be rich” bobbleheads, mugs and golf balls) could add a little humor to the public discourse, and that discourse certainly could use a dose of humor.

Catch 22

joey — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:48:47 +0000

Here we are, dancing around a continued recession, global climate changes yielding heat when it should be cold, and cold when it should be warm – what’s up with that?

America is waiting for an answer of one sort or another…politicians don’t get it, mortgage bankers don’t get it, and frankly, I don’t get it.

Wear your I Used to be Rich tshirt with pride!

Hey, send me a photo of someone wearing an I Used To Be Rich tee shirt and I’ll send you one free!

amster888 — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:57:06 +0000

Biggest paychecks on Wall St.

marvin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:06:13 +0000

The financial world, after almost destroying the world the rest of us live in, was most generous to their own leaders in 2009. Why not buy any I Used to be Rich products – tee shirts, golf balls, bobbleheads, or coffee mugs and send it to one of these fat wallet fellows and respectfully, in return for your generosity, ask them to donate 50% of their big pay checks to people who need money to live, not to keep score with? As a role model to these morally challenged masters of the universe, Iusedtoberich.com will donate 50% OF ALL PROFITS OF “I USED TO BE RICH” PRODUCTS PURCHASED BEFORE 2/28/10 to the World Hunger Year (WHY).
To see the top salaries in 2009 check out the following Huffington Post article:

http://bit.ly/ddwG7N.

Their mug shots really belong in the post office.
PS We’ll donate the 50% even if you decide to keep the products for yourself.

Conspicuous consumption is good for America!

Andrianq — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:32:45 +0000

You haven’t been affected by the recession. You may have even made a fortune shorting the damn thing. You still have plenty of dough. Lucky you. Now step up to the plate and do the right thing, the patriotic thing.

Spend, damn it, spend. Not a little mind you, but spend like a sailor on speed. Spend irresponsibly, tip extravagantly, flaunt it! Buy a pimped out Hummer (just keep it in the garage though, we don’t want you burning all that gas.) Buy a second home, a third one, a fifth one. Start combing your hair like Donald Trump. Buy Donald Trump! (Supposedly he’s going through his own money problems so you could probably pick him up cheap). Buy all the shoes at Henri Bendel. Eat at Masa every day for a year. Bail out California. Go from Tall lattes to Grande. Put another topping on your pizza. Spend, spend, spend.

I promise the less rich won’t be jealous. We’ll be grateful. We’ll look up to your extravagance. You’ll be our new heroes. The 21st Century’s version of Tom Joad. We know conspicuous consumption might seem a little silly nowadays, but we’ll make an exception in your case. Conspicuous consumption looks good on you.

Hoarding your cash is adding to the problem. And the last thing you want is for your kids to call you a capitalist hoarder. You uber rich can help us get out of this economic mire. You really can, so get going.

So spend baby, spend!

For a related article by Daniel Gross check out, http://www.slate.com/id/2182353/

The meltdown and insomnia. Bedfellows for sure.

Andrianq — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:03:02 +0000

I haven’t seen a study on the subject, but I bet that the average amount of sleep people are getting since the meltdown last September has gone down dramatically. Now, the stock market may have made a nice move up lately, but how many of us have increased our own dream time? Worries about money lead to worries about all sorts of things and worry is the universal anti-Ambien. I have no suggestions to help my fellow insomniacs, but I did come across an interesting cartoon/commentary that at least made me laugh about my sleeplessness. I hope you get a smile out of it as well: http://bit.ly/rn80P

Is retirement out of the question?

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:41:11 +0000

The financial safety nets in our country seem to be doing about as much good as the proverbial screen door in a submarine. Nearly 40% of Americans over the age of 62 have delayed their retirement because of the recession. Our retirement dreams are slowly fading away into the horizon like a bad movie, or worse, turning into nightmares we can’t wake up from.
For the typical American, only 45% of retirement income is funded by Social Security. That’s not not nearly enough to live comfortably on, let alone bankroll even the most modest dreams of what life would be after retirement.
Unless you’ve been fortunate to have socked away a lot of money, or have a decent pension (or, better yet, fabulously wealthy and generous offspring), retirement is not something you are looking forward to. That IRA you’ve been counting on is probably still circling the drain, even if you were conservative with it. A lot of us were not – a study found that nearly a quarter of Americans ages 56 to 64 had more than 90 percent of their 401(k) balances invested in stocks instead of bonds, against financial advisers’ standard advice for people nearing retirement age. That’s 90% that’s been unmercifully hammered.
So what the hell are we going to do but keep working, if we can, that is? Problem is the more of us that keep working the less job opportunities for others who need to find work. That means more unemployment, a longer recession, a more meager recovery and lousy retirement prospects. How’s that for a depressing mouthful?
It wouldn’t hurt to take a look at how some other countries are faring during this downturn. Especially how people at retirement age are doing. We still may be the smartest, richest country in the world, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a little from looking around a bit – there are safety nets out there with a lot less holes in them than ours.
For a more detailed look at this problem, take a look at the following article: http://bit.ly/2XTwV

The recession continues to slam the super rich

CaphwarmChume — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:07:08 +0000

Well, a great deal of the super rich, the really, really rich are really, really not so rich any more. Seems like the recession has cut into their fortunes far more than they ever thought possible. And it looks like they’re not coming back in the near or far future. Doesn’t matter if you had tons of money or just ounces of it if you invested in the likes of Lehman Brothers bonds you are out of luck. The money is gone, for good.
Question is do the rest of us – the less than super rich – feel sorry for the once high flyers. Are they worth our empathy? Do we really care if someone who once had north of $100 million has only several million left? Good question – the answer to which is perhaps not as simple as one would think.
There’s a well done piece written by David Leonhardt and Gerald Fabrikant examining the plight to the uber rich. Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/10GBoW

Show us your empty pockets, America!

CaphwarmChume — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:08:08 +0000

Joe Maloney of New Hampshire snapped the picture below in front of the Treasury building in Washingoton, DC. Thanks, Joe!

Could it be that, “I used to be rich,” is becoming a movement? A national urge to share the fact that we are all in this crappy, leaky economic boat together. A way to realize that we’re not alone, that we are more alike than different. This tee, this goofy, cute little tee shirt can be the very thing that brings us all together. The tee the nation has been looking for. The tee that ends loneliness. The tee that helps us become the people we always knew we could become. The tee that makes Rush Limbaugh shut the hell up!!!!

Being that virtually all of us have less than we once had, we’re all entitled to wear the I used to be rich tee shirt – the whole country! Every man, woman and child. Everyone! Well, maybe not Goldman Sachs.

I used to be rich fan sited in Washington, DC