While I certainly agree that the amount spent as reported in this article was obscene for a take-out meal, I think some of people's disdain over the issue is misplaced. It's a fact that America is completely star-struck. We spend more time worrying about who Angelina is adopting, how many times Brittney leaves or checks into rehab, and how much any of them is spending on things we simply cannot afford. However, rather than complaining, we need to make sure that we instill in our own children the values that are important. We also need to make sure that they understand that there is nothing totally wrong with occasionally indulging themselves when they have achieved success. Many people are pissed to learn what stars spend on "whims," but the reports of what they do that helps foundations or other charities tends to go underreported. The bottom line is that it's not our place to criticize how they spend the money that they earned, nor is it their duty alone to "save the world." The majority of these people (heirs of fortune aside) had to work at their craft in order to reach the status they now enjoy. No offense, but I doubt that when many of these stars that we complain about were poor (and many of them were), anybody was worried about helping them, or if they had shoes etc. So, since complaining about what they do is not going to change a damn thing, perhaps we need to ensure that we work on what we can change, and that is our own mindset and that of the youth we are responsible for. Money and fame has its place, it's our job to make sure they understand what that is when surrounded by those who seem to have forgotten.

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