Thanks to Susan Mernit, let me share this "quote of the day" I read yesterday yet could not get out of my mind:
"Here's what else is new and exciting (or terrible) in money:
There is real poverty among the soldiers who fight our wars.
There are fist fights to get children into $30,000 a year kindergartens and pre-schools in the right neighborhoods in Manhattan.
There are 40 million Americans without health care insurance.
There are almost 40 million baby boomers with no savings for retirement.
There is a long waiting list for Bentleys at the dealership in Beverly Hills.
There are soldiers' wives selling blood to buy toys for their kids."
-Ben Stein, writing in The American Spectator about today's social economics.
Ben's columns are always colorful and punchy-to-the-point and whether you share his perspective ( I sometimes do not) or just want insights about how to say it better, you'll never be bored. Discover a priceless "course" in his writing. He's written sixteen books including How to Ruin Your Life, A License to Steal, Michael Milken and the Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation and The View from Sunset Boulevard.
By the way, he may look familar to you as he played the part of the boring teacher in the movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Stein is also an attorney, author, economist, actor, and was once a quiz show host and the host of Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money".
