Does Money = Power ?

"You really didn't read about it?" There was incredulity in the husband's voice.  "Well I - I was away at college, and then I took the first job I could find. Back here, I mean. Because of my mother. She's been sick." Neither of them commented on this, not even to be polite. (3-4)
This passage shocks me, due to my own experience as a babysitter, where I have worked for a family closely for over a year and a half. I feel apart of the family as a babysitter and in this story Nisha had previously worked for the Strikers for four years, which is a much longer time. Yet, when she tells the Strikers that her mother is sick, they don't even respond to be polite, let alone out of a human concern for anothers life. This act alone separates the Strikers from normal people, where they completely ignored her statement. They were even offended Nisha didn't read about Admirals death away at college, revealing that they believe themselves to be of more importance, because of their higher station in society.

Class plays a large role in "Admiral", because only the wealthy could go through such great lengths as the Strikers, in order to bring back their dead dog. Nisha realizes the ridiculousness of her job when she thinks, "
"Wars were being fought, people were starving, there were diseases to conquer, children to educate, good to do in the world, and here she was reliving her adolescence in the company of an inbred semi-retarded clown of a cloned Afghan hound because two childless rich people decreed it should be so," yet she still is a slave to money, letting a pay check dictate her life, revealing the power of money (11).

Everything about the Strikers lifestyle shouts indulgence, including their "his and hers" matching beemers, but at the end of the day one must ask, does money give one a ticket out of humanity and kindness? Then for those in Nisha's situation; at what point is a paycheck more important than your dignity and an excuse for not "doing good in the world?"