Wow.
The things that money can buy.
I caught this photo of Paris Hilton’s luxurious dog mansion in my feed reader and I thought she must really, really love her pets.
Imagine spending $325,000 on a dog house complete with mini furniture, lush beds, a packed wardrobe and a black chandelier. These dogs are quite lucky.
Luckier than most homeless people I see everyday.
P15, 730,000 can be spent to build mobile homes or fund housing projects for the homeless.
But then again, even if we do have social responsibility to help each other, rich people are entitled to spend their money however they want.
When you’re wealthy, it’s your choice if you want to help others or help yourself.
If you worked hard for your money, you deserve every bit of luxury you can afford.
But if you’re a public servant holding the highest office in the country, you don’t go around spending money for your personal luxury.
You don’t spend $20,000 and $15,000 for dinner in a posh restaurant abroad when you know thousands of your countrymen are suffering starvation back home.
You don’t spend P1.2 billion on a jet for your personal safety when you could allocate that money for better education, efficient health services, safe housing, and stable livelihood for people.
I am usually oblivious of politics and politicians because they’re mostly bad news.
But the string of lavish acts she has done lately is quite hard to ignore.
I don’t care if she wants to be a Paris-like heiress, just as long as she leaves the people’s money alone while she’s at it.
Photo from: People Pets
