The non-status members prove by their non-status that they are not influenced by benefits. We are all in the same boat as to what influences a Basic, a P, or an E, or an SE.
Now take some stabs at dollar values:
After the YVR-Do there was some leaked information that the average spend by an SE was around $36,000. Taupo will remember this.
I consider myself average spend as an E at $15,000.
Be generous and say that a P spends on average $7,000
SE 9,000 x 36,000 = 315 million dollars
E 68,000 x 15,000 = 1,020 million
P 57,000 x 7,000 = 399 million
exAC,
You know it's really interesting that you raise this point because I don't believe that the average person understands the economics of the system.
The long and short of it is that the Elites (and the P's) pay for the SE's.
Bottom line, but for the 'little people', the SE's would not have the privilages that they enjoy!
Cheers
Oh! BTW, me...60K !