super yachts on Travel channel right now

[sam11111]

Disgusting

[Abin Sur]

1. "Disgusting"?

It's their money. If they want to spend it on a big boat so be it. :shrug:

[sam11111]

5. low wages are how most owners got "their money"

High fees (dr, lawyer) are how others grabbed "their money"

Also...price fixing..Payday Loan stores..shoddy goods at Walmart..Insurance co's rejecting ins. damage claims...bank nuisance fees...cc's upping interest on balances..tricks are invented weekly.

[ParkieDem]

6. I don't have that big a problem with yachts ....

... depending on where they were made, etc.

I remember somewhere in Connecticut, I think it was back in the 70s, the government passed a fat luxury tax on things like yachts (something like 70-90%). It basically caused a shipbuilder to go out of business, and lots of people out of work.

Yacht manufacturers, at least in the US, generally pay well. I'd rather rich people spend their money on something that hardworking men and women manufactured rather than invest it with a bunch of crooks.

[midnight]

2. Super yachts in this time of great deficit concerns our govt. insists the poor eat

peas in order to pay for the tax breaks that afford these creatures their toys....

[FirstLight]

3. I know that you mean, actually

I am so glad I turned off my cable. I realize how much of an illusion of wealth and fantasy we live in.

The damn richy-rich 'lifestyles' type of shows disgust me because I think about how many people need so much, and they can spend a half mil on a hotel room or a trinket, with nary a thought of how to make the world a better place. it *is* sickening...

But also the insidiousness of the Disney lifestyle, et-al..everyone has phones, clothes are all in style and up to date, no worries about how to pay for sister to go to prom or what do do when jr blows up the gazebo...they just buy a new one, right? Let alone worries about real life problems like rent, food, etc. if they decide to have an episode about mom getting laid off, it is all solved in 30 mins, and they are never worried about the survival aspect of it...

ya, disgusting to me, too

[Turbineguy]

4. The rich have to protect themselves

from the outcomes of republican policies.

[cyberpj]

7. OMG, you HAVE to see Colbert video on this exact topic from last night !! :

Watch:

Colbert Platinum - Wealth Under Siege
Hargrave markets yachts as a necessity for escape, and Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel funds the creation of a network of artificial Libertarian islands. (06:42)

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/401790/november-08-2011/colbert-platinum---wealth-under-siege