Greedy Like a School

The drive of greed is obviously alive and well all throughout the world we live in.  Consider American Airlines and their proud announcement of Express Seating.  This feature will allow passengers to pay an additional $19 to $39 to sit in the first few rows of coach.  They will also be in the first group to board.  We just got used to the idea of paying a fee for the first bag, and more for any subsequent bag.  But that wasn't enough to satisfy the greed, was it?  Now they want to charge more for some of the seats in 'cattle coach' and they justify it by calling these seats express.  This certainly sounds like an Obama initiative.

American Airlines greed reminds me of what school systems all across the country are doing this week.  The ever increasing school levees are not enough.  Now parents not only have to pay all kinds of additional fees, but they also must stock the supply cabinet. 

In both of these scenarios, there is no mechanism to check the greed, so greed marches forward.