Reply To: Brand Names�Wasting Money

sw33t: Of course it is my interest that the members of klal yisroel use their body’s and moneys the way Hashem desires. I am not pointing out individual people.

Why is it that you believe people who spend 1000’s of dollars on Gucci bags give lots of tzedaka? Even if some of those people do (which I don’t believe is true being that there was recently a study that said higher earners give less charity per capita than lower earners) they would be able to give even more without meaningless merchandise.