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[DCT Jared Smith]

True story regarding plumbing and accounting.

My father was an accountant, trained at UC-Berkeley in the
1960s, developing accounting software on punch-cards. 
By the late 1960s, he had determined that it was impossible 
to be honest in his profession. He became a plumber. 
Never looked back. Explains why you'll hear me rant about
the secondary nature of money in a job search...

-JDS

>>We're you aware that 80% of this 'financial swat team' are
>>accountants?   Not many people are and the mass media isn't
>>exposing it.  All I can say is if I were the CFO/CEO of a
>>large corporation I'd keep my mouth shut, any accountant
>>that did find and report improper accounting practices
>>would be committing career suicide.
>>
>>ML
>
>Well of course they're accountants.  That's what we _call_
>somebody who is an expert on financial bookkeeping.  You
>would perhaps prefer a plumber?  I'll call one of those to
>fix water problems, and not accountant, but he won't be
>preparing my taxes.  That I leave to the accountant.
>
>Hal