Expensive marriage

A young couple in a Melbourne capital city could spend $AU 1 million ($US 0.65 or £0.48 million) to get a small house or larger apartment. There may be other expenses in life including a nice family wedding with maybe a $AU 7 million engagement ring like the now Mrs Sánchez Bezos has, although that's only an online estimate. Of course, Mr Bezos can afford it without taking out a loan.

An underlying concern about the images of wealth is that most of the world's population will never have enough money to be comfortable. Too many people live pay check to pay check and more don't earn enough to ever improve their lifestyles.

Should there be a limit to how much money a person has, irrelevant of how good or generous they are, how hard they work or how much they have improved the world? The money above a limit, maybe $US 10 million, could be taken to help the rest of the people get food, housing and an education.

Dennis Fitzgerald,

Melbourne, Australia