Television, the poor man’s Internet.
Horoscope, the poor woman’s literature.
Wizards of Waverly Place is the poor man’s Harry Potter
Jamie Oliver is the poor man’s Gordon Ramsay
Dairy Queen is the poor man’s Coldstone
The Doctors is the poor man’s Dr. Oz
In America, at least, Islam is the poor man’s Mormonism.
Bill Pullman, the poor man’s Bill Paxton. Or the other way around, I really can’t tell
I disagree: The Star Wars prequels are the rich man’s Star Wars original trilogy, where money substitutes for creativity.
I used to refer to my Chrysler 300 as the poor-man’s Mercedes.
Canada, the poor man’s United States. 
Enzyte…viagra
Yes, Its are crisp while Nips are merely blobs of fat.
Nabisco is the poor man’s Sunshine/Keebler.
New Zealand, the poor man’s Australia.
Religious ecstacy, the poor man’s LSD.
Hold it right there, missy! You have it EXACTLY backwards! Starbuck’s coffee is over-roasted crap, Dunkin Donuts coffee is 100% Arabica, smooth as sin coffee, best thing going.
Coffee snobbery: The poor man’s wine snobbery.
(This is a tricky one)
Real life, the poor man’s Second Life
Texas, the poor man’s United States
Fox News, the poor man’s news
Dunkin’ Donuts is a snob outfit? :dubious:
A wine snob who extols the esthetic qualities of recently-manufactured Thunderbird is still a wine snob. 
Cardboard, the poor man’s footwear material.
Fellatio, the poor man’s source of drug-fix funds.
Aw, HELL no! You people are nuts, man. Cheese Nips are way better than Cheez-Its.
However …
Cheez-Its and Cheese Nips - the poor man’s Better Cheddars.