I read a recent article in the New York Times, that exposed how even the uber wealthy are starting to feel the strain of this recession that isn’t really happening according to the Bush Administration. Apparently, the wealthy are selling off rarely worn jewelry to high end hock shops, down grading from the Gulfstream to Lear jets and even going so far as to declare brunette the new blonde (because the cost of getting a decent highlight is too much). But the struggle for them is two-fold. Because when you’re shall we say, financially challenged to begin with, no one really turns a head if you become poorer. When you’re at the top, the tumble is a little more humiliating. Apparently, the anxiety of keeping the summer house when you are barely making the private school tuition payments is driving the Jones to drink.