The first was "This is why so much of the LAC stuff seems ridiculous to me", so if spending is not a factor, why mention LAC? It's a pretty clear implication. PB may not have intended it, but it's not difficult to see why it might be read that way.
I know what you meant, and I'm not accusing you of anything, my original posts were just pointing out that I can see where someone might've interpreted it the way spidernat did.