Comments on: Why I’d still be single if my wedding cost as much as Chelsea Clinton’s

By: Gobankingrates

Gobankingrates — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:17:22 +0000

To put the cost of this wedding into more perspective, think about how much money both Bill and Hillary spent combined on campaigning. That would have been enough to cover many Chelsea Clinton weddings. These people don’t think frugally because money just doesn’t mean that much to them.

By: Bekki

Bekki — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:14:41 +0000

The wedding happened about 5 minutes up the road from where I live. It really was a very expensive affair. The sad thing for us is that it did not bring in much money on a local level. Caterers, florists, etc were all imported in from NYC.

Use of the mansion was $2M alone. They also paid for many silly things – like for the volunteer fire dept to water the grass and flowers so that they look nice.

The kicker? The Clintons asked the town of Rhinebeck to have extra police on shift during the big event – at the cost of the tax payers. $2500 in one day – I kind of wonder why they couldn’t lump that all into their $5M budget.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:50:33 +0000

@Nora: Thanks for your comment, Nora. A role model for financial behavior is invaluable. (I’m not making a political comment here, only furthering your point that it’s unlikely any emphasis was placed on saving strategy in such a unusual (growing up in the White House) upbringing).

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:48:51 +0000

Michael,

People whose families HAVE enough money to spend outrageously usually WILL spend money outrageously. Ms. Clinton has never been forced to save money so it probably doesn’t occur to her that $600,000 for AC is a tad ridiculous. I don’t imagine frugality was a common topic in her household, so she never learned about it.

Thanks for your ever interesting posts.