I cannot believe you allowed "7:23am to Grand Central" be printed as anything remotely resembling an opinion, especially in a school so dependent on the kindness of those who the writer claims cannot "earn a million dollars honestly."
The same train he is riding on would be almost impossible without the industry he derides with the delicacy of a shotgun — the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is the fifth-largest public debtor in the United States. The same "civil servants" he praises, who take his tickets and repair the trains, are notoriously corrupt, and retire with taxpayer dollars at 55, on full pay, to play golf at some of the nicest courses on earth (look it up — I'll actually tell you where — New York Times, Oct. 27, 2008). I am almost positive even "baron" Jamie Dimon is over age 55, unretired, and many would consider him a hero of the current financial crisis, with J.P. Morgan's sound business practices providing an industry archetype!
Coughlin took the most cliche and ripped-from-the-headlines characters as his contradiction to Wall Street greed. He lives in a world entirely dependent on the people he derides, and has no clue of the millions of hours spent to finance and invest in it. You can find instances of greed and evil everywhere, so get off your high leadership/poli-sci horse.
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