nandorman's Journal: Mother Thersa vs. Michael Milken

John Stossel has compared Michael Milken, junk bond king extraodinaire, to Mother Theresa, soon to be sainted by the Catholic Church. Guess who is more of a humanitarian, in Mr. Stossel's view. Just guess, I dare you.

According to the esteemed Mr. Stossel, for whom up to this point I had at least a modicum of respect (but no he's lost it), Michael Milken has done more for humanity than Mother Theresa. You see, Mr. Milken has created millions of jobs, whereas as Mother Theresa, why, she's only comforted and cared for thousdands of people. I think what is left unsaid is that these people are only poor Indians anyway.

Well, I feel sorry for Mr. Stossel, if he thinks that millions of jobs (and can we really credit Mr. Milken for those, or would most of those jobs have come into being anyway, filling the vacuum that was there) are worth more than thousands of lives being touched when there was literally no hope for them before. People in America, even the ones without jobs, are so unbelieveably wealthy that some people have no conception of what it really means to be a humanitarian. Yes, jobs are important, but if some jobs aren't there, people can find other ones. When people are sick and dying, they need someone to help them and care for them. Too few people in this world are willing to give of themselves decade after decade like that woman who ONLY helped thousands of people on a miserable subcontinent.

It's a sorry world that think that jobs are more important than caring for the sick and dying. Unfortunately, it's the world that John Stossel lives in, and he's not alone.