As evidenced that he doesn't include travel to Ecuador/Hawaii etc. in his budget.
That he doesn't include it in the spending figures is a given. It's not evidence for your claim, because what is being debated is the characterization of the cost, whatever the cost may be, and the legitimacy of that characterization.
Untwist your panties - no one was saying he was taking business tax deductions, please don't put words in my mouth.
He better be, if he's not listing it under personal spending. It must be one or the other. *twists panties further* Mmm, feels good. (what makes you think I'm mad? I'm having fun)
People on this thread were pointing out, rightly so, that his lifestyle is inflated from blog income, and he is being less than fully honest by saying he lives on 24K but flies to Hawaii and SA, among other things, and the amount that this costs is not included in his 24k budget. I would stop short of calling it hypocritical... but it is a little spendypants, and not entirely honest.
People are
claiming that. I am offering a rebuttal to that
claim. The claim is not evidence for its own validity.
I offered what I believe are reasonable criteria for showing that this is lifestyle creep (and don't pull your punches - if it were true, hypocrisy would be an obvious corollary) and explained why I don't think it qualifies. I'd like to see someone demonstrate that it meets the criteria, or argue for different criteria - anything but just repeat the assertion.
I don't think MMM needs to be defended, least of all by me, but sound thinking and rational debate need all the help they can get these days. Just look at our political scene.
I'll preemptively assume you're going to apologize - I prefer whiskey to chocolate. Everybody likes nice flowers though.
How about a freshly picked kick in the ass? ;)