How wealthy people, like Kim Kardashian, stay wealthy

Kim Kardashian and her husband Khris Humphries

Meanwhile you're trying to keep up with the Kardashians...and the Joneses and the Bushes and Obamas...they keep all of their loot.  And get paid for spending the loot of others!

Check out the break down of how much Kimmy K made off her wedding from Bossip.com (taken from http://www.nypost.com/):

Actually had this convo the other day.  Wealthy people get comped (free) stuff all of the time.  And on top of that, people pay them to be places you pay top dollar to go.  Does this make any sense to you?  You have to pay top dollar to go places where people with 1000 times the money you have, get to go for free...

Payments they received


* $15 million plus profit for four-hour, two-part wedding special on E!

* $2.5 million for exclusive photos with People magazine

* $300,000 for exclusive engagement announcement with People

* $100,000 for exclusive rights to bridal shower with Britain’s OK! mag

* $50,000 to have bachelorette party at Tao in Las Vegas

Stuff they got for free

* $15,000 to $20,000 Hansen’s Bakery wedding cake

* $20,000 Vera Wang wedding dress and fittings

* $40,000 for two more Vera Wang evening dresses

* $400,000 in Perrier Jouet Champagne

* $150,000 in hair and makeup for photo shoots and TV “home video”

* $10,000 in Lehr & Black wedding invitations

Deeply discounted
* $2 million 20.5-carat engagement ring and $1 million wedding bands by jeweler Lorraine Schwartz. The amount they paid for these items hasn’t been revealed, but it’s much less than their worth.