There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle vice than simply the desire to be rich.
If we didn't have greed, market economies wouldn't be as innovative as they are. But in my view, greed has to be contained by the fear of losses, so there has to be a system where, if you take too much risk, you go into bankruptcy. You don't systematically bail out people who take excessive risks.
Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
Greed can't again lead the way. We've taken that route before with terrible consequences for this nation and its people.
I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.
Remember that all financial markets are filled with good but not necessarily innocent people looking after their own self-interests before they look after yours.
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
For too long, Americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate in the shadows.
Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.