Posted On: April 3, 2009, 5:55 pm CDT

Posted By: TC

... I actually re-read the article after initially skipping through the Dr. Seuss crap. We're grown ups- quote me Niche or Socrates with a similar msg.
This isn't a lesson, this common sense. I don't think the insurance industry is at risk of unethical people and bad decisions makers anymore than the crooked lawyers, politicians, city officials, etc. There are bad apples everywhere.
This crisis has more to do with "if he's doing it why can't I do it". Remember mom's expression, "if your friend jumps off a bridge would you follow?" well the answer was yes. People believed they were doing the right thing despite that whole in their stomachs. Everyone one was doing it. A couple really nasty irresponsible apples spoiled us all, let's not generalize the moral character of our nation because of this. "Hindsight is 100% or 20/20" (can't remember).
How about this quote with bonus answer question; "why do we fall _____? so we can pick ourselves back up again" (Batman anyone?).