And perhaps even more interesting - who gave money to the clients to spend on such unproductive things? It's the client's money that pays for everything in the

And perhaps even more interesting - who gave money to the clients to spend on such unproductive things? It's the client's money that pays for everything in the end, of course. I'm sure it's human nature to fall for flattery and impressive displays of wealth, but since most of this money comes from institutions of various kinds (many of them owned or controlled by governments around the world), there should be a at least a decent amount of checking what the money is used for. It's one thing to waste your own money this way, but quite another to waste other people's (sp?) money.