Execs will thrive amid nation’s woes

A jittery stock market is struggling to find a sense of reality as the Dow leaps and falls with the whipsaw violence that would break the neck of a water buffalo. (“Stocks kick off ’08 with a thud,” Jan. 3.)

Gold just hit its highest level in 28 years at $850 an ounce. The dollar is falling against nearly every currency not found on a Monopoly board. More than 40 million Americans can’t afford health insurance, and tens of millions of American jobs have left our shores to help pump up the golden parachutes and salaries on Wall Street.

So with all of this mismanagement of our economy and the continuing threat to our position in the world of nations, a lot of greedy executives who have fleeced America will not only keep their jobs, but will likely award themselves substantial year-end bonuses just because they can get away with it.

David Ohman

Irvine