Let them eat gold!
Barrie Mahoney is shocked by an example of conspicuous consumption
Christmas and the New Year holiday season is a time when the stark contrast between those who have and those who have not pricks the conscience of most of us, if only fleetingly.
It may be the homeless man on the street or the woman outside the supermarket begging for coins to buy food to feed her children that draws our attention to the poverty and plight of many people around us. These are not people living in some far-off continent, but real people who live, and try to survive, in our own communities.
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