What a waste!

[Iott Family]

In a time where finances are tight and personally speaking paychecks are few and far between there are still people out there who live above us mere peasants. And its not so much the financial but the mentality of it all......

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estat...hing-and-ready-to-sue.html?mod=realestate-buy

The money spent here on this silliness could have kept our household going for 3-5 years easily! And they spend it like its penny candy

 

[shrubber]

In a time where finances are tight and personally speaking paychecks are few and far between there are still people out there who live above us mere peasants. And its not so much the financial but the mentality of it all......

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estat...hing-and-ready-to-sue.html?mod=realestate-buy

The money spent here on this silliness could have kept our household going for 3-5 years easily! And they spend it like its penny candy

I agree.
They should give that money to you because you need it more.

 

[DWGal210]

What bothers me about these stories are the frivilous lawsuits, not necessarily the money involved. Why can't people just work it out? I know there are some cases where the police/lawyers have to get involved, but sometimes I think people just like to sue each other.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I also think this sort of self serving behavior is vulgar given the way people are struggling right now. During regular times I don't give a hoot where people spend their money or on what, if some dope wants to blow it buying his lawyer a new Beach House so what.

Bu these are not regular times are they? The whole Ivory Tower - Then Let Them Eat Cake attitude of many who have been unscathed by the current economy just turns my stomach. It's just so wrong, even our lawmakers do it because THEY have jobs don't they? Maybe I'm just weird but whenever the conversation gets around to 'what would I do if I won the lotto' I personally can't help but think of how many homeless people could be given a hotel room for a month and fed for the price of some cars

As an aside, I don't think the legal system is the problem, it may be imperfect but it does create a level playing field. If it were harder to file a lawsuit only the wealthiest among us would have access and that would be disastrous for everyone IMO.

 

[castleview]

In a time where finances are tight and personally speaking paychecks are few and far between there are still people out there who live above us mere peasants. And its not so much the financial but the mentality of it all......

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estat...hing-and-ready-to-sue.html?mod=realestate-buy

The money spent here on this silliness could have kept our household going for 3-5 years easily! And they spend it like its penny candy

Unfortunately it happens. I live in a much more affordable town and we have a property dispute (we're talking 4 mere feet of driveway) stemming from the town's lax zoning enforcement. Fortunately, the instigator in our case doesn't have money to pay an attorney and is depending on the town to do the job...which they won't because ultimately they should not have given the CO on our property if it was so off.

While it seems petty to us, I feel bad when people sue just because they can. I've worked in that area and while you do meet wealthy stereotypes, most people living there are just like you and I - they're just living with higher salaries, higher mortgages, higher taxes, etc. Everything is relative.

 

[ckay87]

Ok, I'm no ivy-league economist, but generally-speaking, we WANT people who HAVE money to SPEND money don't we? If we all hoard our money because spending it is "vulgar" then the economy is going to be in more and more trouble. If rich guy wants to throw his money at this, whatever. It's keeping people working isn't it? What am I missing?

 

[TheZue]

I think it's a nice wall and his neighbors have too much time on their hands. And I'm not going to dictate to other people how to spend their money. There is always somebody poorer that could desperately use the money, it won't stop me from spending mine and it shouldn't stop that guy either.

 

[ericamanda01]

They are just rich and bored. Think Paris Hilton, without the paparazzi!

 

[perdidobay]

Maybe I'm just weird but whenever the conversation gets around to 'what would I do if I won the lotto' I personally can't help but think of how many homeless people could be given a hotel room for a month and fed for the price of some cars

You do realize that when someone wins millions in the lotto that our government takes about half of the money in taxes? If you want to get peeved, do it at our government that wastes money and spends it buying things like private planes for themselves instaed of programs to help rehabilitate the homeless..


Also, why does it matter if times are good or times are bad how people spend their money? If you didn't earn it then it's not your problem. People that make that much money are already paying more than you and me in taxes. Again the problem is government waste, not how a wage earner decides to spend what's left after taxes.

I will agree there is a problem with frivilous lawsuits in this country, and it's not only rich people who do this.
Ever hear the phrase "lawsuit lottery"?

 

[shrubber]

it's not fair that some people have more money than others......
they should be made to give it to other people who don't. Or at least be made to give it to someone of a higher moral character who can decide where it should be spent.

 

[SaraJayne]

Sounds like the people of Westport need some hobbies ~ well, other than suing their neighbors, that is.

 

[Scurvy]

Ok, I'm no ivy-league economist, but generally-speaking, we WANT people who HAVE money to SPEND money don't we? If we all hoard our money because spending it is "vulgar" then the economy is going to be in more and more trouble. If rich guy wants to throw his money at this, whatever. It's keeping people working isn't it? What am I missing?

Yes, I think it's a good thing. I imagine the labor costs for the wall made up a significant part of the price tag. Plus, there was the cost of the supplies to consider.

I think it's a nice wall and his neighbors have too much time on their hands. And I'm not going to dictate to other people how to spend their money. There is always somebody poorer that could desperately use the money, it won't stop me from spending mine and it shouldn't stop that guy either.

My thoughts exactly. Who am I to decide what is too expensive or too frivolous for someone else to spend their money on? Would I spend that much on a wall? I don't think so, but if I won a huge amount in the lottery, who knows?

(And I must say, I find it ironic that people are criticising others for their frivolous spending on a message board dedicated to planning Disney vacations. I guess it just shows that we all have different priorities for how we spend our money.)

 

[LuvOrlando]

LOL, yes, I've been aware of all that for a very long time but thanks for covering the obvious for those who don't get out much.

I'm not saying I think anyone should be FORCED into putting their money where I think it should go. That's a far cry from anything that would ever come out of my mouth, or computer. I am 100% behind a free market system but that does not mean the choices do not come with a moral compass. Even though it's their right to do so I find it appalling that people use their free choice in such morally deficient ways. Just because something is legal doesn't make it right, at least not in my world.

 

[shrubber]

LOL, yes, I've been aware of all that for a very long time but thanks for covering the obvious for those who don't get out much.

I'm not saying I think anyone should be FORCED into putting their money where I think it should go. That's a far cry from anything that would ever come out of my mouth, or computer. I am 100% behind a free market system but that does not mean the choices do not come with a moral compass. Even though it's their right to do so I find it appalling that people use their free choice in such morally deficient ways. Just because something is legal doesn't make it right, at least not in my world.

I agree walls are morally deficient.
Remember Frost said:
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall

 

[Scurvy]

I'm not saying I think anyone should be FORCED into putting their money where I think it should go. That's a far cry from anything that would ever come out of my mouth, or computer. I am 100% behind a free market system but that does not mean the choices do not come with a moral compass. Even though it's their right to do so I find it appalling that people use their free choice in such morally deficient ways. Just because something is legal doesn't make it right, at least not in my world.

I am not trying to be argumentative, and I hope this doesn't come across as though I am. I really don't understand, though - why do you think it is morally deficient for someone to build that wall? I admit that I sort of think it's crazy to spend that much on a wall, but then some people probably think I'm crazy for spending as much as I do on Disney trips. At least the wall will be around longer than my trips. And even though I do find it a shockingly large amount for a wall, it isn't like that purchase doesn't help anyone. People who might not otherwise have been working were paid to build the thing.

(If you were referring to the lawsuit and not the wall, I apologize for misunderstanding.)

 

[Briarmom]

What about all the people with trip tickers in their signatures on this DISNEY message board?
Are we being frivolous?

I certainly don't NEED a Disney trip.

Just wondering where the line is, so I can try to cross it.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I'm going to teach my kids to strive to work minimum wage jobs so that society will pat them on the head and consider them to be good little workers. I would hate to see them excel and earn an excessive wage and become part of "those evil rich people".

 

[Scornelius]

Must resist..... finally free of points.....Gah!

 

[LuvOrlando]

I am not trying to be argumentative, and I hope this doesn't come across as though I am. I really don't understand, though - why do you think it is morally deficient for someone to build that wall? I admit that I sort of think it's crazy to spend that much on a wall, but then some people probably think I'm crazy for spending as much as I do on Disney trips. At least the wall will be will around longer than my trips. And even though I do find it a shockingly large amount for a wall, it isn't like that purchase doesn't help anyone. People who might not otherwise have been working were paid to build the thing.

(If you were referring to the lawsuit and not the wall, I apologize for misunderstanding.)

Lawsuit not wall. That's funny though and explains a whole lot

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I have difficulty judging these neighbors without knowing their personal incomes and what percentage of their actual incomes this wall argument is costing them.

If they are spending life savings and otherwise up to their eyeballs in debt--then it might be frivolous and wasteful.

If it's 1 percent of their income for the wall stuff and they contribute 10% of their income to charity, who I am I to be jealous that they have enough money to fight for what they believe is right in terms of their property?

It doesn't help anyone in this economy to judge whether or not someone is doing appropriate things with their money because it isn't our money with which to make spending decisions.