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Originally Posted by disneysteve
Again, I see your point, but where do you draw the line? You could also say that spending $2,000 for an engagement ring could have funded the food bank for a couple of months. Or that instead of spending 20K on a car, you could buy a 10K car instead and fund the food bank for 6 months.
The bottom line is that anything you spend money on beyond food, clothing, shelter, medical care and education could be considered extravagant by someone. If we spend $4,000 for a cruise, that's really no different than someone else spending 20K for a diamond necklace.
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I agree with you. There is much grey area here.
I'm not suggesting we all live as monks and give every spare penny to the United Way. We all draw the line in a different spot.
But I will stand by my original examples - spending tens of thousands of dollars on items that are clearly wants, not needs, is pure indulgence, IMO.