Profit isn't the same as greed
Wealth isn't the same as dishonesty
Hard work, thrift, and productivity are good. Accumulation of wealth and human capital are good and can be put to good and noble uses, independent of the government telling us how our wealth must be "redistributed". Independence and wealth -- the pursuit of happiness, if you will -- is the American Dream. It is freedom in action.
Please read Thomas Sowell or Fredrisch Hayek if you wish to come to grips with the basic principles of free market capitalism and its dismal alternatives. If both the means of production and the accumulation of wealth are to be strictly regulated by any government, then the people are enslaved. We have been screwed and our future generations have been sold into financial taxation slavery. The current tax and spend entitlements are heavier chains than ever forged in the furnaces of Hell. But don't worry! Master Obama and the Democratic government will protect us from the excesses of greedy capitalists, and from global climate change, etc.
By the way, has anyone done the arithmetic? I wonder -- for each 1,000 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, how many thousand Americans become unemployed? 8X? 10X? but never mind -- don't worry. Those greedy, rich bastards are getting what they deserve! No more corporate jets. No more resort conferences. No more executive bonuses. And the welfare state will be there to pick up what is left over after the deluge. Who better than Obama and Frank and Pelosi and Reed to decide what is "fair" and appropriate for working, tax-paying Americans?
So fear not, Obama will take care of us! We are entitled to nothing less! Socialism. Idiocy. Reality. We have done this to ourselves. No need to point the finger of blame at any one else. Elections have consequences. Sorry, kids. Enjoy the ride and have a nice day.
God help us, please. Amen.