[diggernet]

So you advocate firing all the hard working folks who designed, built, maintain, repair, clean, and operate that boat, and take care of the passengers? They they too will lack the basics, and the money you just protected from "waste" will need to be used to provide for them.

[bittercynic]

Not advocating anything of the sort.

Only saying it would be /even better/ if the people currently spending fortunes on yachts spent the money building libraries and the like instead.

[qntty]

Somehow I don't think that's what she meant.

[Retra]

No, you pay them to do something else for someone else.