In my work experience I encounter not so much the act of greed itself but the results of that greed & the lengths a person will go to achieve those results or trappings. Quite simply I find the more someone gets, the more they desire. This leads to theft, fraud, misappropriation, forgery. deception, false accounting, etc., etc., etc.
I don't fell anger at those I confront, mote sadness - even pity. Of greater sadness is that once greed has wetted their appetite to follow this route, no punishment, prisoonment, bankruptcy or fine will ever change their lust. It is rare, now, for me to encounter a first offender standing before a Court. The "first time scammer is usually a person who is aiding & abetting the main offender. Going into a custodial sentence is like going to a university of crime. You emerge from prison better qualified than when you went in.
But where is the incentive to cross the road to a better life when our politicians, embezzling Govt. Finance, "fiddling" their expenses of ridiculous amounts, have their money in "grey" accounts offshore, evading tax & holding numerous inappropriate company directorships escape scot-free?
Even when caught & prosecuted, the punishment is a fine or community service whilst, if it were you or I we'd be
looking at a minimum of 5-7 years?
To tackle greed & all it's parasitic tumours we first must have a system of true justice. Otherwise, like me & my colleagues, we are merely "painting the forth bridge"!
J.
