There's a certain reputation -- I gather, not undeserved -- for rich people being some of the most tight-fisted you'll find. At least, some rich people. Also,

There's a certain reputation -- I gather, not undeserved -- for rich people being some of the most tight-fisted you'll find. At least, some rich people. Also, all humans have it in their nature to test limits. And what we are seeing, among some of the wealthy and would-be wealthy in the U.S., is that with each egregious behavior, particularly financial and economic, the worst they face is a fine that most often represents a fraction of their profit from the behavior. So, yes, I can see this. Get rich by not giving any money away unnecessarily, practiced diligently and relentlessly over years and decades, combined with the lesson that you won't be punished -- at least, not significantly. So, why "waste" 31 million? I don't know that this is what happened. But I can imagine it.