[21twelve]

The following is a quote from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". Figures in well with this union crap.: “Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors—when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you—when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice—you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

[neverevergiveup]

Interesting. This is why, in my opinion, business tends to be more of a meritocracy than academics or politics. The bottom line is the bottom line, and unless you have a significant amount of nepotism, or relationship-associated advancement, those who can increase the bottom line tend to be the ones who do well in business. Academics is absolutely not a meritocracy, and clearly neither is politics.