For someone who is, claims to be, and is estimated to be, one of the richest people in the world, the phrase "can no longer afford" means he's either not getting the accolades he wants, or has been grossly mismanaging funds on other things. Probably both.

He is also forgetting the 34th and 35th Rules of Acquisition. But then again, he never had the Lobes for business, did he.

You know when a movie isn't quite sure they've gotten the audience to hate an antagonist so they throw in a scene of them telling a child that Santa isn't real or throwing someone's ashes into the trash?

Yeah, this is that.