The Big Disconnect

I've commented before about the socially unproductive uses of resources that go to Wall Street. This blog by Sir Charles on Cogitamus is a biting commentary on a posting by an unnamed member of the "masters of the universe." Read the original post if you'd like a view of a guy without a clue. Anyone who thinks they can walk cold into a class of third graders and not get eaten alive by the second week, not to mention climbing 30 feet up a ladder to rescue a child from a burning building or disarming a drunk holding a family hostage, has way too high an opinion of themselves. It's a measure of how skewed our world has become when the people that matter end up the victims of the bad actions of the people who don't. We've managed to save the salaries and bonuses of people on Wall Street who produce things we don't need while people we do need see their positions cut and their workloads increase.