I happened to stumble upon a show called ‘My Super Sweet Sixteen’ where rich people spend $300,000 or $400,000 on a Sweet 16 party. WTF? I’m usually in favor of people being able to spend their money on whatever BS they want but this is fucking sick.
Is there a way to tax this stupidity instead of robbing the middle class?
“Whether a Sweet 16, Quinceaneara or Coming Out, each week My Super Sweet 16 will document one character’s outrageous journey as they plot, plan and prep for the party to end all parties. These kids expect and will only accept the absolute best. Now, it’s up to them to make sure jealous siblings, stressed out parents and school rivals don’t get in the way. This series gives you an up close and very personal look at the extravagant and sometimes extreme measures teens take to ensure that this milestone in their lives is commemorated by the ultimate celebration. Will their real life Sweet 16 ever live up to their fantasies?”
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
I happened to stumble upon a show called ‘My Super Sweet Sixteen’ where rich people spend $300,000 or $400,000 on a Sweet 16 party. WTF? I’m usually in favor of people being able to spend their money on whatever BS they want but this is fucking sick.
Is there a way to tax this stupidity instead of robbing the middle class?
“Whether a Sweet 16, Quinceaneara or Coming Out, each week My Super Sweet 16 will document one character’s outrageous journey as they plot, plan and prep for the party to end all parties. These kids expect and will only accept the absolute best. Now, it’s up to them to make sure jealous siblings, stressed out parents and school rivals don’t get in the way. This series gives you an up close and very personal look at the extravagant and sometimes extreme measures teens take to ensure that this milestone in their lives is commemorated by the ultimate celebration. Will their real life Sweet 16 ever live up to their fantasies?”
I wholeheartedly agree with you on this one. When I watch that show I understand why this country seems to be slipping. It’s not political shit, it’s that these sort of kids come from parents who support this horrific behavior. It gives me the Fear.
Are you serious? You don’t think hiring Yung Joc for a birthday party is worth every penny?
Also, if you watched the end of the marathon this morning, the final one cost 1.3 million. Yes, I need to find better stuff to watch while working from home
If someone earns the money honestly, my principles tell me that those people should be free to spend how they want. But watching this just makes me damnned mad! Granted, they are providing employment but maybe the people who earn money from catering to such vile things could actually do something productive.
If I wanted to spend that kind of coin, I’d go to some local school and fund a bunch of kids to go to college. Or bring a ton of food to a food bank.
$1.3 mill for a Sweet Sixteen party – its people like that who give capitalism a bad name.
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
I happened to stumble upon a show called ‘My Super Sweet Sixteen’ where rich people spend $300,000 or $400,000 on a Sweet 16 party. WTF? I’m usually in favor of people being able to spend their money on whatever BS they want but this is fucking sick.
Is there a way to tax this stupidity instead of robbing the middle class?
“Whether a Sweet 16, Quinceaneara or Coming Out, each week My Super Sweet 16 will document one character’s outrageous journey as they plot, plan and prep for the party to end all parties. These kids expect and will only accept the absolute best. Now, it’s up to them to make sure jealous siblings, stressed out parents and school rivals don’t get in the way. This series gives you an up close and very personal look at the extravagant and sometimes extreme measures teens take to ensure that this milestone in their lives is commemorated by the ultimate celebration. Will their real life Sweet 16 ever live up to their fantasies?”
You would punish rich people for such stupid behavior? Would you do the same to the welfare father who spends his last cent on booze and drugs? At least the rich guy is squandering his own money.
[quote]thefederalist wrote:
This is why progressive taxes exist. [/quote]
Have you seen your taxes benefit you in any way?
Where I live, we are taxed more than anyone in the nation, and the highest tax bracket kicks in at 46k per year. We have people who are patching potholes in the streets, because the city and state won’t do it.
Our Dept of Water and Power, which is a public utility, tried raising energy rates by 30% in the middle of the night, but our city council voted that down. They were also looking at fining people who had insufficient air pressure in their tires, as well as those with dark colored cars.
This is the problem with government when they take control of private markets. They can rape citizens with no recourse. People bitch and moan when private companies jack up rates, but what do you do when the government does it? Is it any better for the citizens?
for my super sweet 16 I bought a boxful of Icehouse 40s and one of my friends smoked a joint with me but didn’t pitch in for the booze. I’m not still hardboring any angry feelings about it tho. I also made out and fingered my friends fat sister.
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
I happened to stumble upon a show called ‘My Super Sweet Sixteen’ where rich people spend $300,000 or $400,000 on a Sweet 16 party. WTF? I’m usually in favor of people being able to spend their money on whatever BS they want but this is fucking sick.
Is there a way to tax this stupidity instead of robbing the middle class?
“Whether a Sweet 16, Quinceaneara or Coming Out, each week My Super Sweet 16 will document one character’s outrageous journey as they plot, plan and prep for the party to end all parties. These kids expect and will only accept the absolute best. Now, it’s up to them to make sure jealous siblings, stressed out parents and school rivals don’t get in the way. This series gives you an up close and very personal look at the extravagant and sometimes extreme measures teens take to ensure that this milestone in their lives is commemorated by the ultimate celebration. Will their real life Sweet 16 ever live up to their fantasies?”
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
I happened to stumble upon a show called ‘My Super Sweet Sixteen’ where rich people spend $300,000 or $400,000 on a Sweet 16 party. WTF? I’m usually in favor of people being able to spend their money on whatever BS they want but this is fucking sick.
Is there a way to tax this stupidity instead of robbing the middle class?
“Whether a Sweet 16, Quinceaneara or Coming Out, each week My Super Sweet 16 will document one character’s outrageous journey as they plot, plan and prep for the party to end all parties. These kids expect and will only accept the absolute best. Now, it’s up to them to make sure jealous siblings, stressed out parents and school rivals don’t get in the way. This series gives you an up close and very personal look at the extravagant and sometimes extreme measures teens take to ensure that this milestone in their lives is commemorated by the ultimate celebration. Will their real life Sweet 16 ever live up to their fantasies?”
it’s MTV and they do it just to be over the top… I wouldn’t be suprised if MTV foots half the bill too
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They do, they foot more than half the bill. Think about it, the average show after school has a revenue around 3.5 million dollars in advertisements on MTV. Sweet 16 has around 5 million in revenue at its prime. I wouldn’t be surprised if they paid the artist, rented out the venue, and everything else besides the person stuff they kids get (Cars, clothes, etc.).
Those 1.5 million dollar parties employ lots of local businesses, like catering and dj’s, and security guards. Why would you want to put them out of business? You progressives are heartless. Think of the business owner’s children!
[quote]steadfastred wrote:
Those 1.5 million dollar parties employ lots of local businesses, like catering and dj’s, and security guards. Why would you want to put them out of business? You progressives are heartless. Think of the business owner’s children!
See how easy that was? [/quote]
I believe in freedom. As long as no one is hurt, then have at it. And that’s what is bothering me here – to waste so much on such stupidity!
I think we’re here to make the world a better place and this sort of activity doesn’t do that, IMHO.
What’s the big deal? Who cares what rich people spend money on? Do the people they hire and pay to put on these parties not deserve jobs? Silly thread.
[quote]dhickey wrote:
What’s the big deal? Who cares what rich people spend money on? Do the people they hire and pay to put on these parties not deserve jobs? Silly thread.[/quote]
I agree. A whole bunch of folks made their mortgage payments, bought groceries, paid medical bills, gassed up their cars, bought lumber, went to movie theaters, etc. off of that $1.5m.
And along the way a huge wad of it made its way to local, state and federal tax coffers.
WTF is the problem, folks?
To people in say…Bangladesh…I myself spent a lot of money last year on extravagances like…ummm…Biotest supps. I s’pect there’s a Bangladeshi Head Hunter out there somewhere wishing I was taxed for doing so. You suppose?[/quote]
This illustrates why we need a consumption tax and to get rid of the income tax…like that would ever happen.