Just try and answer a hypothetical once in your life. It won't kill you, you might learn something. I don't even understand your criticism of the apples and oranges point. Its just a question, just answer it. We can argue all day about whether it applies at all to the real world, but just leave your baggage behind for a minute and think about it as a pure intellectual question.

Anyway, if you don't answer the question, I'm done responding. Its clear you don't want to engage on an intellectual level. Is the person worse off, better off or as well off or you can't tell?

If you don't want to respond to a simple question, which may or may not have any relevance to economics or the real world, just so we can start to find some common ground, then have a nice day sir, enjoy your life.