Reply #63: they're just stimulating the economy

[shireen]

I'm not rich, I have CC debt and live modestly, but that does not stop me from making the occasional outlandish purchase which, if you scale by income, is as bad or even worse than JE's $400 haircut. I once paid $94 for a plant on Ebay. I once spent $120 on a book about horseshoe crabs written by Japanese scholars (I'm not a biologist, just love those amazing critters).

We all do stuff that others would consider as excessive or luxury. So, really people, let the rich spend lavishly. it's their money, and they can choose of spend it as they want. Edwards earned the right to do that. Kerry and Kennedy inherited the right to do that. Also, these people are supporting a part of the economy that's specifically geared to meeting their luxurious needs. Spending is relative. I cringed when I first heard about JE's haircut, but then realized that I was comparing that expense to my economic level. That's like comparing kumquats with grapefruit.