Bolling: A Changing Wall Street

"Absolute fear," he said. "We have worked for years and have taken loans prepping for a Wall Street career. Now we don't even know if we are going to be able to find a job."

It is sad that the greed of some has crushed the future of many. Twenty years ago, Wall Street was a bastion of capitalism. Eat or be eaten, survival of the fittest. I was always proud to tell people I came from the bottom of the economic totem pole and succeeded through my ability to see value where others could not, to trade my way to a prosperous life.

Frankly, I am a bit embarrassed to say I am from the world that these few greedy morons turned into their own ugly financial orgy.

My hope is that one day Wall Street again symbolizes capitalism and all the things that make America the land of opportunity.

My hope is that one day, memories of Bernard Madoff, Thain, General Motors' (GM Quote) Rick Wagoner and Chrysler's Robert Nardelli, and others like them, fade, and investing, trading and earning a living on Wall Street return.

As for my friend's son Daniel, unfortunately, timing is everything in life. Can you say law school?