[Austim]

Yes. That money was donated by everyday people to help those families out, not to fund left-handed lesbian surfboard riders.

I don't know about you but I live in Texas and in Texas we live responsibly, save money and buy life insurance. In other words we depend only on ourselves and if we are met with death or destruction tomorrow our families will not have to beg for money from Red Cross, United Way or the American Taxpayer. We are self-reliant and depend on no one. However, if you wish to keep the families of bond traders living at the same lifestyle, as they are accustomed I have no problem with your doing so. However, you had better have a large checking account because many of these bond traders families are accustomed to incomes of between 250k and two million dollars per year.

BTW, I did open my checkbook after the attacks and wrote a check to the Red Cross. If that money I gave is used to help the family of a lesbian, gay, illegal alien or fireman I will be proud of my donation.

[peabers]

If I drop off the twig my house will be paid off, and there's a little left over for my wife who works any way. We don't owe any money on our vehicles, so that's another plus. We are also lucky to be asset rich.

Note that not all those people who died in the WTC were not brokers. Most were secretaries, general office staff, IT workers, cleaners, waiters, busboys/girls, tour guides...

My point was, that the average-income good samaritan dug deep to help alleviate the pain and suffering of those families who were not well off. Many were young and just starting out in life and were probably cash poor.

And I know for a fact that living in the metro NYC area is a heck of a lot more expensive than living in Texas.