Hopefully I'm not being too pedantic, as I do agree that saving money is not inherently good or bad based on the entity doing so, but the general concept that t

Hopefully I'm not being too pedantic, as I do agree that saving money is not inherently good or bad based on the entity doing so, but the general concept that those in power should have a higher ethical standard for their actions than those without, is not without precedence. And it's not exclusively the domain of some sort of "separate universes"/cognitive dissonance type of thinking either. I'm thinking here of Plato's "Philosopher King" ideal. It seems reasonable for an average person to think that those who wield greater power (in this case, via money) have a greater obligation to consider the potential negative externalities associated with using that power. Now, whether or not that average person truly has the information and wisdom to tell if the decision being made was indeed the most ethical one is it's own matter of discussion, but holding the powerful to higher standards doesn't seem to be all that unreasonable.