Presenting the middle class — even the upper middle class — as the engine of Wall Street is one thing. Attributing ethics to these navel-gazing SUV polishers is another. But suggesting that “accountability” could ever apply to the whole financial tail-chase? That, as they say, is priceless:
[Current Charles Schwab commercial titled “Around Here” that won’t load to TCT.]
Of course, the true message, as Leslie Savan classically suggested would so often be the case, is mere and simple flattery of the target audience.