The Clinton wedding and its cost

  Let's face it.  
  A wedding's a party. 
  A great party that a family decides to throw for family and friends. 
  You can spend as much as you want on this party; the cost of it doesn't always come back to you in gifts for the bride and groom but, what the heck. 
  If you have one child and you want to blow a few million dollars on a wedding, it's your choice. There has been a lot of criticism about the Clinton wedding and its expense. Most capitalists really don't begrudge the Clintons their party. 
  Most ordinary capitalists would NOT spend that kind of cash on their kids and would rather GIVE the kids much of that cash to their kids as a starter. 
  But here's a comparison and here's a choice from the WSJ. And here's an interesting contrast between politicians. 
  A problem with this wedding is the treatment of the other bride's wedding. A nice gesture would be if the security people for the Clinton wedding, who have blocked air space over the area, would work (and pay for security of) with the people of the other girl's wedding on the same day:
But back to the WSJ: 

2. Spending a fortune on a wedding is a choice, not a necessity. Chelsea's wedding is likely to cost $2 million to $3 million, says Ms. Roney. But first daughter Jenna Bush managed to hold a somewhat quieter affair for a lot less when she got married two years ago. She invited about 200 guests and held the wedding on her parents' ranch in Texas. It was hardly cheap, but at $100,000, the tab wasn't even in the same ballpark.

It's true that most Americans can't relate to spending $15,000 on porta potties.  

  But, what the heck. It was the good ole days when we were worried about Vince Foster's death at Fort Marcy Park and Hillary's health care plan, which she pulled back when she realized how much Americans hated it, unlike....Anyway, good luck to the young couple and their parents.

  Good luck, and spend whatever you want. 

  We have bigger things to worry about these days.