I think it's great that a bunch of people got paid a lot of money for honest work. I can't imagine how many people benefited from someone paying out that kind of cash.
If this is in the US at least, people don't generally get to the point where they have that much money to throw around by overpaying their taxes. Our tax code is designed for the rich to pay much less of their wealth and income than regular folks
My best friend's wedding cost over 400k. There were at least 50 people working that night, probably quite a few more that were working behind the scenes that I was never aware of. No doubt in my mind that it was great for the local economy.
The company I worked for split 1% of the wedding cost to all the staff. Which isn't much for normal weddings, but we had a few that were notable. Occasionally, the guests would tip, which was always so odd to me. We had one wedding that was over 450k based on the bonus for that weekend. We had to go out and get formal ware for it. The dress slacks and button down weren't good enough, I guess. I was used to the normal 30-40k weddings we usually had. We spent a damn week going over proper service etiquette. It was a wild wedding, and I am almost positive that more alcohol was consumed that night than I have ever seen at one time.
If you're not asking me for the money, I don't care how much you spend. 400k or 400 million. Its not my money and it helps a lot of small businesses and workers.
400k is a nice chunk, but in this day and age it is easy to spend on a wedding. Especially if you rent out a castle or similar for a few days.
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u/hokiemojo Jun 30 '25
I think it's great that a bunch of people got paid a lot of money for honest work. I can't imagine how many people benefited from someone paying out that kind of cash.