Don't you suppose the exorbitant Funeral industry was designed or created to encourage people, even Catholics, to resort to cremation as a cheaper alternative? You don't need a concrete vault or even a coffin-sized burial plot when you just have a few ashes in an urn.
For that matter, the exorbitant Wedding Reception industry was probably designed and fostered to encourage young people to forgo marriage as being too expensive -- to encourage shacking up. They made college expensive, jobs harder to get, in general harder for guys to get established, meanwhile they encourage women to wait for their prince, while building up a nice career of their own --
I just see again and again the world being designed against Catholic morality and ideals. They want to force us to compromise on our beliefs for practical or economic reasons. Not just in one area, but AGAIN and AGAIN. It's how they wield their power.
See what an uphill battle we face as Catholics?