I write a daily essay about the psychological state of unemployed people.
Today's story asks if anyone knows of any public apology issued to all the people whose lives have been ruined, whose homes have been lost, whose futures have been imperiled, by the practices of America's banks.
The column is here
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I do not recall reading anywhere that a banking group has stepped up and apologized for its actions, which are tantamount to drilling a hole in our collective lifeboat.
The ethics of this lack of apology fascinate me. We generally apologize when we know we have to keep living with one another, and we want to put things right.
Could it be that banks see that they are beyond that? That things will never be right with us ever again? They they are goners, andthere is no looking back? And that their offense is too grave to be apologized for anyway?
Or are they just unapologetic?
I have searched online for news of some professional group stepping and saying "I'm sorry," but without success.
You would think a public service announcement might be in order, at the very least.
Does anyone know of this happening?
I invite you to have a look at my columns. I compare the sudden unemployed bubble to Woodstock ... a view of the recession lasting 90 years ... and the challenge of telling the truth about getting laid off.