Posted on 04/23/2015 8:27:06 PM PDT by xuberalles
Do Americans, excluding the Marxist in the White House, actually believe private enterprise is obligated to share or "redistribute" their profits with the general public; albeit paid employees, the unemployed or complete strangers? If I have a job and my neighbor doesn’t, or God forbid I make more money, am I obligated to give this person a percentage of my income? Is “Bob” going to give me his money if I lose my job and become homeless? Hell no! People open businesses to make money…period! It’s not rocket science or a Right-Wing conspiracy. It’s called risk, work, reward!
If a business or an individual is concerned about economic inequality, wants to donate a percentage of their profits or income to charity, that’s their personal choice. No one - not the government, politicians or celebrities - has the right to tell you how to allocate your own property. Otherwise, these offended activists can open their own establishment, dig deep into their own pockets, and doll out every last dollar to whomever their baroque hearts desire. These smug hypocrites will single out Corporate America as capitalist marauders, the purveyors of the poor, yet they make no mention of entertainers, actors, and athletes who command astronomical salaries by fleecing struggling Americans with outrageous ticket and merchandising prices. But that’s not capitalism, right? Right? If you have the gall to accept those million dollar donations, have the brass tax to admit you're a convicted hypocrite who decries homelessness by shopping for "economic justice" on Rodeo Drive.
Capitalism may be the convenient scapegoat of socialists who want to ensure your dependence on Big Government, but it is by far the most synonymous with liberty, opportunity and prosperity. In a market economy, the only limits or chains one must shed is that of their own device. If the armies of entitlement are going to orchestrate public demonstrations and demand $15-an-hour jobs for unskilled, fast food workers, perhaps they should start by buying their members a mirror. There are construction grunts who bust their back everyday and don’t make that much money. If you truly want a better job try building a thriving business from scratch, educate yourself, learn a trade, or gain valuable experience by working your way up the proverbial ladder; anything besides standing on a corner and bemoaning your “woe is me” Facebook status. No one is forcing you to live in poverty or to work at McDonald’s. That, my friend, is entirely of your own choosing.
If your future prospects require soliciting "guilt" or "privilege" to get paid, you don't deserve to get paid! Just don’t make me pay $12 for a Big Mac because you refuse to accept what every right-minded American already knows: life is unfair, there are no magic rainbows and no one owes you a damn thing except yourself! In other words, just like two centuries of Americans before you, get off your ass and make it happen. Until then, get off my lawn! You have to earn that right.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Yep, I have no doubt that they believe it or the fact they take it. Just sad.
6 companies control the print, television and advertising business in this country. 85, that’s right 85 people control more wealth than the 3,500,000,000 poorest people put together. If crony capitalism is your bag, we have it in spades. The filthy rich control politics and politicians. Making them dance to the tune they play, as they use their power to squeeze anyone who DARES to compete. each of nearly everyone on this planet. The deck is stacked, real wealth is out of the
Incorrect use of a semicolon and misuse of the word "albeit" - all in the first sentence, making it virtually incomprehensible.
Fail.
Regards,
6 companies control the print, television and advertising business in this country. 85, that’s right 85 people control more wealth than the 3,500,000,000 poorest people put together. If crony capitalism is your bag, we have it in spades. The filthy rich control politics and politicians. Making them dance to the tune they play, as they use their power to squeeze anyone who DARES to compete. The deck is stacked.
Name them.
$15 an hour...Floor Hand on an oil rig is a good entry level job:
1. Work 12 hours a day outside in all weathers
2. Ability to lift 100 lbs multiple times
3. Climb up stairs, ladders, catwalks up to 120 ft high
4. Good with tools
5. No DUI's or Felonies, subject to random drug tests, no smoking on the job.
If you have a successful business....you did’nt build that!!!!
Where have I heard that now famous sentence?
A time came when one of their group suggested they all pool their salaries and dole it out according to the need of each member. Guess what, most voted against it and that communist try failed. They were communist in talk but not in practice.
A story from that time: A man who was the Dean of Financial Services, thought handicapped students shouldn't be in college. A time came when I was asked to locate an area for a ramp to be installed to get handicapped students into the front part of the administration building instead of at the back where it was located at that time.
I found the perfect spot - told them to put in the ramp where it would go to the side door and that's where they put it - the ramp went close by the windows of the office of the Dean of Financial Services. He would see every handicapped student in a wheelchair going by his windows up that ramp.
Sometimes, you do something that makes you proud - I was proud of the location of that ramp. :o)
By “albeit” was meant “whether,” and I think this solves the conundrum, the semicolon notwithstanding.
Well, in the interest of fairness, the infamous "you didn't build that" was in reference to infrastructure that was presumably necessary for your successful business.
Rhetorically, it laid him wide open, and in truth, why would he want to emphasize this? ( easy answer. )
But he was not explicitly denying the efforts of the hypothesized entrepreneur. It just seemed that way.
LOL. ATTA Gal - chalk one up for good people.
Should have put it at his parking spot.
"Albeit" does not mean "whether."
albeit: Conceding the fact; even though. (Merriam Webster)
albeit: Even though (OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER'S DICTIONARY)
Regards,
“Should have put it at his parking spot.”
There was no question he said handicapped students should not be there as he told me that to my face. He wanted me gone. The president of the college was on my side so I had support from him and others.
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