Incisive point: "This sort of thinking is a symptom of the same broader obsession among elites with judging others on the basis of their ability to progress through institutions."https://twitter.com/matthewwalther/status/1017816444795588609 …
It's a strawman though. there's a big difference between being of modest means and running up large amounts of frivolous debt
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Right, but there's no serious allegation that Kavanaugh did habitually run up large amounts of frivolous debt. The only news here is that he doesn't have vast amounts of savings, which is not surprising for a federal employee living in the DC area with a young family.
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Also, federal judges not only have lifetime tenure, they also have the most generous retirement plan imaginable -- if they serve at least 15 years, they can retire at age 65 with 100% of their salary. They have far less need to save for retirement than the rest of us.
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Spending $10,000 (or whatever Judge Kavanaugh's portion of the baseball tickets was) on entertainment is unnecessary, but not exactly wildly irresponsible thing to do in this scenario.
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