2 May 2014
Let's get back to the subject of this entitlement thinking being a product of greed and envy because it is; it has ever been thus. We see someone of greater means has more stuff than we do and we want it. We see we can't have it right then and will have to work for it, and save, and put off other things we may want to save the money to get what they have. We become resentful.
We then hear someone tell us it isn't fair they have more than we have, they are no better than us. Why can't we have it. They then say, well, we can't just take it that would get us arrested. We haven't been able to appeal to those with means better nature to just give it to us either. The constitution doesn't say they have to and really doesn't say anything about it in general. Let's pass a law and tax them for the amount we want and force them to give it to us.
They are the ones providing the jobs; so, how do we get this passed. We have to demonize them. We say they didn't really earn it, we did by our work to produce the goods. They just inherited the money or stole it by not giving us living wages and we aren't able to support our families.
What isn't realized in this talk is often, the business was started by a member of the family now running the business. The individual who started the business started small with himself and maybe a few others. They built the business over time and saved the profit, reinvested in the business. They were smart enough to invest the money they earned and build a nest egg of wealth for their families to give their families opportunities they themselves didn't have. This is suppose to be the American way.
What also happens, and I must write this, is those descendants of the individuals who start the business, forget the lessons learned by their ancestor. They maximize profit at the expense of the employees and cut corners in safety and other areas of the business. They forget the lessons they learned in business school or just the golden rule. This sows the seeds for the envy and greed and allows outsiders to come in to water and nurture those seeds until a crisis forms. Successful companies take care of their employees and anticipate their needs to continue to have a productive workforce. Or to put it simply, if you take care of your people they will take care of you; a lesson I learned in the Marine Corps.
What happens is the passing of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution which allowed the income tax. Which led to the installation of the socialist idea of income redistribution which is nothing more than what is described above, legalized theft.
