Just saw something infuriating on, of all things, "Modern Marvels." [View all]

[Brigid]

It was a show about wood and lumberyards.They got to talking about lumberyards specializing in rare and exotic woods. One lumberyard staffer showed off a beautiful piece from a species of tree indigenous to Africa. He said it was worth about $2,000, and was likely destined to become a conference table placed in some elite corporate boardroom. I can only guess what that table will be worth once it is finished.

So the fat cat 1% need a conference table worth many thousands of dollars to sit around while they talk about yet another way to screw the rest of us?