20-some year olds and their BMWs!

What am I to think, when I see a really young student get in his/her brand new BMW sport? Don't we have a financial crisis on our hands? I realize that I live in a section of town where most of the privileged circulate, but still, is this what we can continue to live with - a field of dreams?

What are these youth going to think and do when they are not immediately being hired upon graduation? Yes, I heard stories of proud students being interviewed, who were laughing when they asked and got 6-figure beginning salaries in Silicon Valley. But what about the upcoming high school and college graduates with Beamers, who will remain under- or unemployed? Will they accept a lower standard of living? Sure, they may have to, but will they display discontent and anger that their parents habits and customs cannot be duplicated or augmented? "I have a right to this life style - Period!"

Am I fearful of an absence of appreciation? I guess so. Walking to work, taking the bus, bicycling to the mall! "Are you kidding? No way! I need to be part of the In-Crowd!"

Parents are willing to go broke to give their off-spring a better life. Better?

What's wrong with less? All this materialism keeps all of us away from a sense of appreciation of the natural. The frogs and the birds.

"Sorry, We have no time for this stuff. Where are the keys to my Beamer!"