BTGuy, It is a disgrace that our boys should be allowed to shop for a 21 year old over a 22 year old, and charge the 22 year old extra to be in the parsha.
You don’t understand the program. It’s not the boys who get the extra money in the NASI program, it’s the shadchanim. You choose to view the program as devaluing the dignity of b’nos Yisroel by assigning them a monetary value (as do others), but I think it’s a misunderstanding – its simply more time consuming to complete a successful shidduch for an older girl, so the shadchanim are being reimbursed for their extra time.
If a doctor would prescribe a life saving medication for one patient, and perform a complex surgery on another, would you accuse him or her of valuing the latter’s life more than the former if the fees were higher?