On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > One core problem is that there's no prestige in government service. > You - personally - would thank a guy in uniform but you probably > wouldn't thank one of Geithner's low level business analysts. > > You are wrong in what you assume there. However, I do see a very big difference between crunching numbers and putting your life on the line to protect my freedom. Yes, they both serve, but only one is likely to pay the ultimate price while performing that service. > > > In other words, our country has become money, fame, and military > focused and we've forgotten about the EMT or the regulatory BA or the > Bridge Engineering admin. After spending 17 years in EMS, I know full well where America's priorities lie when it comes to this. I once had a guy who lived in a multi-million dollar home, had a heart attack, we did CPR on him, brought him back to the point that he could talk by the time we got to the hospital. He then started bitching about how much it was going to cost him for the 'ambulance ride' > > > And this has caused all kinds of moral ambiguity. e.g., why is Madoff > a criminal, but Robert Rubin not? The CitiBank CEO got a $30M bonus. > The stock is less than a dollar and you own it. You gave him $30M. > > We need to get the prestige of ALL service back. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
