Reality Shows: Part II

What's my issues with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the only "reality show" I can stand? While most of the people they rebuilt houses for deserve it, I have to wonder how many of them are taking advantage of people who are willing to lend a helping hand. Don't enable them and make them feel that they are entitled to charity, instead make them self-reliant. It's great that they're sent on a fab vacation and getting a ton of free wonderful stuff. After the hardship they've experienced in life, they certainly deserve some R&R and come back to something spectacular that will ease their burdens in life. However, are the McMansions really necessary? The homes they build are usually so over the top. I think they should build homes equal in value to the homes in the neighborhood and with property tax they can afford. Put the rest of that money in scholarships, medical funds to pay off medical bills, etc. and not big screen TVs, pools, new cars, disco rooms, etc. I think I saw a story a few months ago about one of the recipients of these new homes filing bankruptcy. How is their life better by getting a house they can't afford?

P.S. ~ I also think that these families should be set up with a financial planner or accountant to help them budget their money so that they don't end up filing bankruptcy years later.