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Sherlene: Higher Incomers, Let's Compare Similar Purposes of Your Spending Habits

As one who is protective of my personal character, I have always wanted to say to people who earn higher incomes to maybe not be so public with your purchases.  I think sometimes that higher- incomers show their things to inspire and motivate their audience and fans--to thank them for what they are now able to afford because of them. Or, to show that they have been blessed with such opportunities to spend at various entrepreneurial brands.

Today, if you are a public figure that means that your audience and fans are diverse, economically. Some celebrities and public figures, who have climbed the success ladder, may have forgotten what its like to purchase the following products and services.

Be mindful with empathy, celebrities and public figures, of what you post on your social media and web site: We know you work hard for what you have, but everybody don't want to see all of that especially when layoffs and brand closures are happening.---

Comparison Shopping
Shopping for products 

Public Figure/Celebrity Child's Birthday Cake $15,000
Average Price of a Used Vehicle To Get To Work, Daily $15,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Lady's Handbag $4,000
Average Price of Groceries For A Year of a Low-Income Couple $4,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Lady's Heels Shoes $10,000
Average Price of a 3-bedroom Home w/o Garage, Down Payment $10,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Wedding Gown $120,000
Average Price In Full of a 3-bedroom Home of a Single Parent With Young Children $120,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Sports Car $750,000
Average Price In Full of a Small Rental Development for Senior Citizens and Disabled $750,000

Shopping for services
Public Figure/Celebrity Pays For Lawn Services $50,000
Average Price To Start A Franchise Company As Single Head Of Household With Young Children $50,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Bar Tab and Tips $75,000
Average Price To Pay A Homeless Individual's Rent For Close To 4 1/2 Years $75,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Pays For House Cleaning Services $100,000
Average Price of Back-To-School Outfits for 100,000 Public School Students $100,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Pays For Driver Services $150,000
Average Price for 900 Low-Income Homes To Have Cable Services To Watch TV and To Have Internet Access $150,000

Public Figure/Celebrity Pays Nanny Per Year $160,000
Average Price for 1,200 Low-Income, Public-School Students To Buy Prom Outfits To Attend Their Prom Social Event $160,000


"You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.  You can't be detached and effective." -Abba Eban

"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher." -Thomas H. Huxley

"Capital which overreaches for profits, labor which overreaches for wages, or a public which overreaches for bargains will all destroy each other. There is no salvation for us on that road." -Owen D. Young