Diamond Soup, Anyone?

The hottest news today seems to be the very eye-catching sum of alimony the ex-president Berlusconi agrees to pay his 2nd ex-wife Veronica Lario, 3 million Euros, Every Month!!!

I normally pay little or no attention at all to over sensational or scandalous gossipy news, but my mind can't help turning fast & furious thinking how this sum, just one single payment, would probably feed every hungry African, their medical care & medicine, the education of the young and adequate care for the old for a whole month. 

 

On the contrary, what would a woman do to be even able to spend that much on herself? Not to mention there are more to come when the agreement is reached, about the sharing or dividing the economic benefit from the Fininvest Group.

I did a little calculation: that income means she has in her disposal (and he to give) the sum of 100,000 € per day; 4,000 € per hour, including the night hours when she is asleep.

If I were to have that much income each month (not that I would or ever will not even in my wildest dreams), it would be, to me, like a weighty obligation to complete however hard and extravagantly I try. It's just impossible, a troublesome burden. Disregarding what people might interpret what I said being simply 'sour grape', I honestly feel the offer of this monthly sum, and the readiness of Veronica to receive it. Obscene.

The ex-president could not have earned that sum as his salary could he? And what can any woman do with that much every month? Grind down diamonds to make soup?

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