Greed is Good

In a society where success tends to be measured by what we can acquire the 1987 film Wall Street gives us an inside look at the ugly truth behind that “success”. This is in fact a dog eat dog world where corporations pray on the weak and innocent to gain wealth. “Greed is good” says, Gordon Geckko (who was played by Michael Douglas) plays a very powerful figure, who because of his greed gets anything and everything he wants. Is greed really the way to success? How many foolish people would sell their soul for a quick buck. It’s funny how a film can demonstrate what’s really going on even in today’s economy. Have we really not learned from our mistakes? Must we really repeat history over and over again? Why is it that these huge multi-million dollar corporations are getting bail-out money for bonuses? When there are people struggling to get by literally living paycheck to paycheck never having enough. These corporations spend their time acquiring all this “success” and wealth and what do they really do with it, take fishing trips, fly the company jet for a day of shopping. All they do is worry and take care of nobody but themselves being very greedy. I honestly believe if we all really cared and gave back even if just a bit the world would be such a better place.
If I could make a whack-a -doll of anyone it would be President George W. Bush. I believe he didn’t do things as he should’ve when he was in office and we are now paying the consequences of his mistakes. Which I don’t believe is fair there are so many things he could’ve done and instead he really didn’t do much but get us deeper in debt.