"The privileged also feel that their privileges, however egregious
they may seem to others, are a solemn, basic, God-given right."
John Kenneth Galbraith
"And in some ways, it creates this false illusion that there are
people out there looking out for the interest of taxpayers, the checks
and balances that are built into the system are operational, when in
fact they're not. And what you're going to see and what we are seeing
is it'll be a breakdown of those governmental institutions. And you'll
see governments that continue to have policies that feed the interests
of -- and I don't want to get clichéd, but the one percent or the .1
percent -- to the detriment of everyone else."
Neil Barofsky, 2012 interview with Bill Moyers
"From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find a comfortable foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned."
Emile Durkheim
"He has shown you what is good. The Lord requires you to act justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to walk humbly with your God."
Micah 6:8
The wash and rinse continues.
Just charts tonight. I was out of pocket all day.
Have a pleasant evening.
