And what percentage of Latvians, I wonder..

You might be right about the yanks, but, you know - it aint easy to save on not-too generous salaries (u know outside of the financial sector) with a few kids (not even talking about the weight of bank-bubble blown mortgages). A little love and understanding from the professional-without-kids brigade for the toiling masses wouldn't go amiss now and again, even if some of us/them might be dipshits.