Allow me to expound on your behalf...
Self-identified "need", although usually only rooted in desire, is sufficient justification to this lawyer to take what doesn't belong - and he believes it's okay! Just because you "need"/want something, it should be provided.
Thank you. That’s exactly is. As if a self-defined “need” is a justification for dishonesty.
And because he stated it this way, that’s the way his value system works.
"Allow me to expound on your behalf... Self-identified "need", although usually only rooted in desire, is sufficient justification to this lawyer to take what doesn't belong - and he believes it's okay!..."
Um, no. Actually, he was saying that the Obama economy sucks.