by Jamie Johnson from Vanity Fair.
Once again Jamie leads us on an excursion in the lives of the one-percent, among people whom you and I would never meet in our hum-drum lives. Here he introduces us to some of the biggest spenders among this segment of our population that rules the empire. Well, not directly--they are too busy having fun to do that. They hire that out to political operatives like John Boehner, Newt Gingrich, Governor Walker of Wisconsin, and super-salesmen like Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.
I'm sure there are some people (spoil sports) out there who are envious and feel that the ostentatious display of wealth is in poor taste. Well, as they say, if you've got it, why not flaunt it? What is the point of getting rich if you don't enjoy all the good things in life? And, isn't it good for the (capitalist) economy to consume? It boosts our economic scorecard (GDP), gets the money circulating so that some of it trickles down to us folks--it's downright patriotic!