Goldman Sachs Employees Grilled by the Senate

It was cool two years ago. When the American economy was collapsing all around us I think most Americans enjoyed watching corporate executives who had made bad decisions cross-examined on the House and Senate floors but now it is getting kind of ridiculous. Am I the only one who sees the irony in the spectacle that took place on the Senate floor today? We have a group of people (U.S. Senate) who have successfully put the United States in horrible financial shape through bad policy and overspending grilling another group of people who according to you ask may or may not have done anything wrong. It is kind of like watching Terrell Owens give Rasheed Wallace a talk on having a good attitude and being a team player.

When the Senate or House calls executives to Washington D.C. to grill them regarding financial decisions they have made it just looks like a dog and pony show. I think the Senate and House wake up everyday trying to find a group of people who have messed up 1/10 as bad as they have and they call them to D.C. so they can yell and shout at them and show their constituents how much they care. The fact that the negative attention fades away from them for a few moments and the TV exposure that comes with their rants have nothing to do with it. The only thing lower than the current Senate approval rating is Greece's debt rating yet the U.S. Senate still feels entitled to pick on groups of people who may or may not have done something wrong. Corporate executives need to be help to the highest possible standards but not by a group of people who do not even know how to spell 'standards.'