WASHINGTON (AP)- Secretary of the Treasury, Henry M. Paulson, Jr., when asked today about the former CEO of Lehman Brother, Richard S. Fuld, telling Congress he had averaged taking home $28 million a year said, "Mr. Fuld had a very stressful job and there are corporate executives making more than Mr. Fuld." End

I was really encouraged when the new Oversight Committee said that AIG spending $440,000 on a posh party at a California retreat for its executives after being baled out was understandable considering the stressful times. I guess that might seem cruel to some since AIG was bailed out by people worried about losing their jobs and homes. But since I get a message every week at the golf club, take cruses around the world twice a year, and haven't had a fulltime job since I was 38, and I'm now 68, I can't criticize others since it would be hypocritical and people would think I was a Christians.

I'll bet Bush, Paulson, Pelosi, Bernanke and Dobbs are really stressed out about the following news:

LOS ANGELES - Mental health counselors were on the alert Tuesday for calls from people depressed or possibly suicidal about money woes, after an unemployed financial manager killed five family members and himself.

Bob Miller