The author of the article, Brett Arends, is off-base.
Mr. Arends attempts to blame Chelsea for an expensive wedding, and compares her wedding to Jenna Bush's wedding. In both cases, and in most weddings where it's the bride's first wedding, the wedding is funded by the bride's parents, not the bride.
He wants to make a case for saving the money, instead of spending it, insinuating Chelsea, or any bride, has that choice. The author attempts to make a case for saving the money for financial security, rather than having an expensive wedding.
The author states:
"In these circumstances, saving money instead of spending it matters very much."
Mr. Arends, it doesn't matter if the money stays in the parents' bank, or goes to pay for wedding expenses; the bride suffers no monetary loss or gain.
Maybe the Clintons feel that Chelsea deserve whatever they can give her because, unlike the Bush daughters, Chelsea stayed out of the limelight and out of trouble.
Is Chelsea Clinton Setting a Bad Example?
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Mulder 2010/07/30 18:17:45
Hell if anyone is setting a bad example when it comes to wasting money i would put my gov't and your SS (secret service) as a shinning example. They say "no we do not have the funding to keep our police force top notch". The next month we hear that the War chief Obama is coming over to get a peace prize (of all things) and then all of a suddun my gov't just has almost 20 million Usd just lieing around to use on your SS required security for the entire 24hr visit.
Not even close. Go for it Chelsea.
Most multimillion dollar weddings fade as fast as the cash and the day!
Leave the poor girl alone, it's her wedding
Personally, I celebrate the lavish wedding. It makes much more sense to me for rich people to spend their wealth which brings employment to a great number of people than to have their wealth confiscated just to be redistributed by the government to people who do nothing to earn it. But that my dear friend is capitalism, and has been touted as greedy and evil by the Clinton's and their ilk...
You then said, "This doesn't make them a bad example in that respect, it makes them hypocrites ... ."
In effect, you said the the Clinton's are hypocrites because they're spending a lot of money on a wedding.
Do you have some information that the Clintons have criticized others for spending money on a lavish wedding? That's what we're talking about.
You've nuanced this discussion into a claim that all liberals, and the Clintons "demonize the rich as evil." I disagree. What we demonize is GREED, corporate and individual. What we demonize are corporations taking jobs to other countries to increase profits, without regard for the American worker. I'm sure most liberals would agree that activity is unAmerican, since it's not in the best interest of American workers.
Bill Clinton has made philanthropy his full time job. He has to go to these wealthy people and ask for contributions. I don't think he's going to be criticizing those from whom he solicits contributions.
Mr. Arends attempts to blame Chelsea for an expensive wedding, and compares her wedding to Jenna Bush's wedding. In both cases, and in most weddings where it's the bride's first wedding, the wedding is funded by the bride's parents, not the bride.
He wants to make a case for saving the money, instead of spending it, insinuating Chelsea, or any bride, has that choice. The author attempts to make a case for saving the money for financial security, rather than having an expensive wedding.
The author states:
"In these circumstances, saving money instead of spending it matters very much."
Mr. Arends, it doesn't matter if the money stays in the parents' bank, or goes to pay for wedding expenses; the bride suffers no monetary loss or gain.
Maybe the Clintons feel that Chelsea deserve whatever they can give her because, unlike the Bush daughters, Chelsea stayed out of the limelight and out of trouble.
I wish the young couple much happiness and Joy.
Or as usual they found a way to get someone else to pay for it.