Kathleen Parker: What Wilbur Ross tells us about the very rich

When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me,” he inadvertently foreshadowed the government shutdown of 2018-19.

Fitzgerald was alluding to the wealthy class, which he had earlier portrayed in “The Great Gatsby,” the great American novel. Old money is also different from newly made fortunes, as Jay Gatsby himself discovered during his futile attempts to buy acceptance.

But Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ recent comment about furloughed government employees — that he didn’t “really quite understand” why unpaid workers were visiting food banks — confirmed Fitzgerald’s point. The very wealthy are different; and they think differently.

Ross furthered his disassociation from reality, saying that “the obligations that they [federal employees] would undertake — say, borrowing from a bank or a credit union — are, in effect, federally guaranteed, so the 30 days of pay that some people will be out is no real reason why they shouldn’t be able to get a loan against it.”

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/parker-what-wilbur-ross-tells-us-about-the-very-rich/

I don't care how wealthy Ross is. He's supposedly a financial guy. He should know that banks will not lend one money if they don't have a current source of income.