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One thing that bothers me about the media. The breathless headline that Thomas spent $267k on an RV, that they’re trying to call a luxury motor coach.

That’s not luxury. That’s cheap. Those things are fucking ridiculously expensive. People finance them like homes.

Let’s not pretend that everyone makes $75k a year. Money is relative. If you’re going to tag him, make it real. Not from the financial understanding of a 16-yo.

5e680380... 2y ago

nostr:npub1xpcqmx422lf6cm6nzup53vfsfvyz7pjfarwdklj3apxaggjtdqmqg03t05 Well, he didn't spend any money on it. Someone bought it for him as a bribe. It's about $500,000 in current dollars, which is 9 years gross salary for the average American or, what, 15 years of net salary? A gigantic bribe. Enormous. Vast.

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David Todd McCarty 2y ago

nostr:npub1ntutxgmpg8zpvggy70gsvnh44fhghh4dx7cw5pxetnwzgm4rh8yq9j60a2 If could be $5. A bribe is a bribe. That’s not my point.

I had a retail client once. We were pricing a large direct mail campaign. Let’s say it was $150k.

She said, “You could buy a house for that.”

While that is true it wasn’t relevant. Her boss was pulling like $20M out of this property annually. She was using her personal finances as a baseline.

They’re just counting on people thinking, “That’s more than I paid for my house.”

This is small thinking and not relevant.