The "Working Rich" Are Necessary

The liberals spend a lot of time and money knocking "the rich." Unfortunately, they don't tell us which "rich" they don't like, and why. There are two kinds of "rich." The "coupon clippers" who really do nothing to improve the lot of anybody but themselves, and the "working rich" who have made themselves (and others) rich through their sweat and effort. Most of the liberals who profess to hate "the rich" are, themselves, the "coupon clippers" who did not work and earn their money, but inherited it from their parents or grandparents. You know, like Ted Kennedy, who inherited $750 million from his father and fiddled away half of it, while claiming to "know what poverty is." Then there are the "working rich" such as Bill Gates, of Microsoft fame. You remember him, the rich guy who wouldn't "play the game" and "wine and dine" politicians and bureaucrats in Washington so they decided to just take what he didn't bother to give them. What they don't tell you is that Bill Gates and Microsoft created more wealth for everybody while he was creating his own wealth. The "working rich" invested their money in many places and many ways that created jobs and, in many places, created more fortunes. Without "the rich," this economy would "go down the tubes" in short order. Yes, the "rich" don't always do everything just as we would like them to do it. Sometimes it seems as if they just "brush us aside" in their quest to make more millions. And some do. But not all. Most "working rich" remember what it was like to wonder where next week's food money is going to come from. "Coupon clippers" don't. They've never had to wonder where their next meal will come from. (Does anybody think Teddy Kennedy ever wondered?) But "the rich" are a necessary part of our society, and we depend on them more than we know. So why do the liberals (Democrats) hate them so much? It's because they've made their riches from capitalism, and the liberals want socialism, where they get to control the money. They know you don't have to own the money if you get to control how, and where it is spent, to enjoy the benefits of the money. (Seattle Times)