[quote=davelj][quote=scaredycat]lawyer ad something to society.
it’s productive. imagine a society without a legal system. bad.
lawyers are good.[/quote]
How about “some” lawyers are good. Most are degreed overpaid paralegals – empty suits. Who would no more car jack someone than fly to the moon. Nope, I’m not worried about “lawyers gone bad” roaming the streets for victims. I’ve never met any that had the stomach for it. That’s why they choose to battle with each other via briefs. “Hand over that car, Sir, or I will inflict eggregious damage to your person with my genuine leather briefcase! And be hasty about it!!”[/quote]
Speaking as a lawyer, I know very well that some of my colleagues would, if desperate and hungry enough, take you down in a dark alley. Don’t fool yourself.
And you’re forgetting that when highly-compensated professionals lose their jobs, the ripple effect in the economy is greater because their salaries were expended on a greater volume of goods and services than, say, a mechanic at a Chrysler dealership. When their $1 million+ homes go into foreclosure, it will further devastate a housing market that is already on life support. I suspect that you’re visiting this board because you have more than a passing interest in the trajectory of the housing market?
Stop getting hung up on the type of person losing their job and look at the macro effect to the economy. When jobs are lost, EVERYONE loses. And the higher up the food chain the losses occur, the greater the fallout.
