EmptyTimCup
07-25-2012, 07:42 AM
America Without the 1% (http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/morganbrittany/2012/07/23/america_without_the_1)
In Obama’s perfect utopian world everyone would be equal. No matter how much success you have achieved or how much hard work you put into that success, ultimately he wants a level playing field. That isn’t the way it works though. Not everyone is the same cookie-cutter person; we all have different strengths and weaknesses.
Everyone has their own God-given talents and abilities. I marvel at musicians who can play concertos on the piano or violin, I cheer for the athletes on the playing field doing things I could never do in my wildest dreams, and I admire the entrepreneurs who build companies that change our world for the better.
Obama wants to squash the dreams that these people have and he is doing it on a daily basis. How does it sound to the business owner who sacrificed to make her business a success when he says that “she didn’t do that…the government did”? How do young people feel who have stayed up long hours cramming for exams to get a degree in medicine or other areas when they are told, “it wasn’t you…you didn’t do that.”
The 1% in our country is getting stomped on and it is a crime. All we hear about is how greedy they are and how evil they are, but what is the real truth? Where would we be without the 1%?
Let’s go back in history and take a look. The reason this country and the world has prospered and been given opportunities is due in large part to the 1%. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that people who are in the 99% don’t matter; I’m just giving examples of where we would be without the top dogs.
Ford, Carnegie, Mellon, Walton, Buffett, Gates, Rockefeller, Weightman, Widener, Morgan et al. Let’s just see what these evil guys did.
In Obama’s perfect utopian world everyone would be equal. No matter how much success you have achieved or how much hard work you put into that success, ultimately he wants a level playing field. That isn’t the way it works though. Not everyone is the same cookie-cutter person; we all have different strengths and weaknesses.
Everyone has their own God-given talents and abilities. I marvel at musicians who can play concertos on the piano or violin, I cheer for the athletes on the playing field doing things I could never do in my wildest dreams, and I admire the entrepreneurs who build companies that change our world for the better.
Obama wants to squash the dreams that these people have and he is doing it on a daily basis. How does it sound to the business owner who sacrificed to make her business a success when he says that “she didn’t do that…the government did”? How do young people feel who have stayed up long hours cramming for exams to get a degree in medicine or other areas when they are told, “it wasn’t you…you didn’t do that.”
The 1% in our country is getting stomped on and it is a crime. All we hear about is how greedy they are and how evil they are, but what is the real truth? Where would we be without the 1%?
Let’s go back in history and take a look. The reason this country and the world has prospered and been given opportunities is due in large part to the 1%. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that people who are in the 99% don’t matter; I’m just giving examples of where we would be without the top dogs.
Ford, Carnegie, Mellon, Walton, Buffett, Gates, Rockefeller, Weightman, Widener, Morgan et al. Let’s just see what these evil guys did.