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Lehman Traders Still Rich Enough To Totally Damage Their Spoiled Sons

Moe ยท 09/22/08 04:40PM

This week's New York contains a brief story on the "sudden-onset poverty" โ€” poverty, huh? โ€” of an anonymous Lehman Brothers trader. There are million dollar mortgages and million dollar options packages gone to shit and wives who "can't" work and a sobbing nanny and mostly, lots and lots of blistering infinite anger in search of a target other than the indefensible practices and corrupted culture of an industry he bought into willingly. It's like, "Oh I'm so happy these guys get to stay home and spend time thinking about what's really important while instilling their own unique values systems in their kids!" Except the opposite: