Americans Have Too Much Money and Misplaced Priorities

Americans spend $34 billion a year on their dogs.

I guess Bush asking for $87 billion to fund rebuilding and military efforts in Iraq dosen't sound so bad in comparison.

Well, anyway this isin't about politics, it's about...well...the question of "why?" People always ask how many people could be fed with the money spent military operations. Where are the people asking people to spend their billions on feeding the poor instead of giving their dogs a lifestyle that a vast majority of the world's human population doesn't have a chance at.

Yes, "animal people" really get under my skin. The story in the link explains why. If you don't think there is something wrong with that...then, man. I dunno. Many people will protest the way the Government spends a lot of money on the Military, but they won't take the iniative in their own lives with their own pocketbooks to make a differece.

"Tiger travels with her everywhere and has inspired Travels with Tiger, her business in high-end luxury goods for dogs, including a $5,700 green crocodile leather travel bag, sold at Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue in New York. You can buy the matching human purse, too. “It's like playing grown-up Barbie dolls,” she says of the little sweaters with fur trim ($295) and other clothes for dogs that she features."

How ironic, some animal died to make fur trim and $5,700 bag.

"Owners are spending tens of thousands of dollars on their dog's veterinary care, too, including kidney transplants and MRIs.

“We've seen invoices that run from $10,000 to $30,000 to treat a variety of conditions,” says Peter Weinstein, medical director for Veterinary Pet Insurance in Brea, Calif. The company has sold more than 360,000 pet insurance policies, vs. 157,000 in 2000. And about 1,100 U.S. companies offer VPI's pet insurance as an employee benefit".

40 million or so Americans do not have health insurance. Oh well. Life isin't fair. I guess that's the way it's going to be. I guess. Because people are that out of it.

- Jordan