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Reading this article made me very, very angry on so many levels. It discusses young people spending thousands for weekend champagne brunches in Manhattan. One young investment management employee boasts he wouldn't be there except the government gave his firm $10 Billion.
I won't discuss the specifics. Read it for yourself. I warn you not to read it on a full stomach.
Reading this article made me very, very angry on so many levels. It discusses young people spending thousands for weekend champagne brunches in Manhattan. One young investment management employee boasts he wouldn't be there except the government gave his firm $10 Billion.
I won't discuss the specifics. Read it for yourself. I warn you not to read it on a full stomach.
Hedonism is not a new lifestyle concept. Rich and/or foolish people have been pi**ing money away on lavish, indulgent celebrations, probably since time began.
The article did not make me angry - incredulous, maybe, but not angry.
Hedonism is not a new lifestyle concept. Rich and/or foolish people have been pi**ing money away on lavish, indulgent celebrations, probably since time began.
The article did not make me angry - incredulous, maybe, but not angry.
It should because
One young investment management employee boasts he wouldn't be there except the government gave his firm $10 Billion.
One young investment management employee boasts he wouldn't be there except the government gave his firm $10 Billion.
Different if his company earned it on its own!
These aren't company brunches. These are individuals doing these things. If a guy makes $200,000 a year, whether his corporation gets a bailout or not, they still only give him his salary. If he wants to blow it on brunch, who cares, as long as we're not giving him, personally, any money, freebies or a break on his mortgage. Then, I'd be pissed.
Hmm. I'll go ahead and blame this on jealousy. Whose fault is it, really, if you lacked the gumption to go to a top college and get yourself hired by an investment bank at the age of 22 so that you could live that sort of lifestyle? You snooze, you lose...
I don't see an issue if it is his money. The money he worked for. Poor and middle class kids are doing something similar. Check out the $4000 worth of rims on their cars and the $2000 stereo systems. It's just a matter of proportion and interests. In some of these cases, I do have a problem as some (by no means all) of them are getting welfare, foodstamps, etc.
Reading this article made me very, very angry on so many levels. It discusses young people spending thousands for weekend champagne brunches in Manhattan. One young investment management employee boasts he wouldn't be there except the government gave his firm $10 Billion.
I won't discuss the specifics. Read it for yourself. I warn you not to read it on a full stomach.
So what's the problem?
How do you know that that young investment management employee didn't win a bid?
I don't have a problem with them spending their money however they want.
What bothers me is to hear them complaining about taxes because they won't be able to take a vacation in Europe to help their economy.
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