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It’s Robin Hood Time Again
by James Glaser March 25, 2010 In America it isn't a good idea to let on that you are rich. In fact, it is open season on the rich right now. It seems that many think it isn't fair that some have a lot, while many don't have as much. I would agree with that except for the fact that in America, anyone can become rich. Just like any one, can become President. Some people become rich the easy way—their parents were rich. A few win the lottery. However, most get rich by working hard, and not by putting in 40 hours a week, but maybe 80 or more hours a week. People who are all about money devote their whole life into making more. It becomes an obsession. I'll never be rich, I don't want to put in that kind of hours. But I think it is fine that some people do. That is what America is all about—The land of opportunity. However, Washington now thinks there is something wrong with people who have worked themselves into a frenzy making money. Even though we are a capitalist country, somehow those who accumulate a bunch of capital (money) are now looked on as greedy. Washington wants to spread that money around. So, those not willing to spend every waking hour looking for ways to make more money are going to be able to get some of the money from the people who were willing to. All Washington has to do is tax the rich more than they tax the rest of us. The rich get to pay more, because they have more. In truth, I don't mind rich people. Most of them give away a big portion of what they make to get a tax break. That seems fine to me, but not to the politicians in Washington. The politicians in Washington want to decide where those rich people's money should go. Probably the reason that Washington is looking for more money out of the rich, is that the politicians are addicted to spending. I know it is fun to spend money, but politicians don't want to spend their own money, they want to spend tax money. Know what happens when a politician spends a lot of our tax money? They name a school or post office after them, as if they did something good, and they might have. But if they did good, they did it with some one else's money. That is why politicians stay rich. They get to go around the country helping out whoever votes for them, and they don't have to use a dime of their own money. How fun would that be, huh? Now for a while the rich folks in America will be the bad guys. Maybe we have milked the terrorist thing long enough. Besides that, there just are not enough terrorists, and besides, there is no way to get money out of a terrorist. Believe me, money is what it is all about in America and especially in Washington. So if you are rich, keep a low profile for a while. Yes, all the people you do business with and those you employ will thank you, but there is a group in Washington who thinks they are Robin Hood and have their sights on your money, and I think they are going to get a bunch of it. But it should console you that a little bit of what they take from you will be spread around to the poor masses. Only a little bit will get spread around though, because there are those Washington handling fees you know. |
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