accountability...

This morning on my way to work I was listening to NPR’s Morning Edition. They were interviewing a man who fell “victim” to the subprime mortgage crises. Apparently he had been given a loan for around $540,000 and at the time, only had three part-time jobs. He was boasting about how easy it was to get the money. How he couldn’t believe it; that a streetwise loan shark wouldn't have given him the money.

Part way through his story, I found myself only half way listening as I drove through Beverly Hills.

But then he started crying about having to cash in his child’s CD for $7000. The CD he had hoped would be pay for his child’s college and “why should my child have to suffer because the banks gave me a loan…” I couldn't take anymore of this guys story, I snapped off the radio.

This man’s childish tempertantrum about something he had complete control over was too much for my morning drive. He is not a victim. He took the money. No one had a gun pointing to his head. He wanted the big house.

It’s about accountability.

I have found the greedier people were during the economic upswing the more they are suffering now; it’s a lesson in greed, ego and consequences - and we are all paying for it, now.