[Charles Henrickson]

PING!

[luvie]

So now after I did all this work, society is going to take half of it just because other people cut the boards (and then sold them to me) and made the nails and hammers and saws and drills and levels (and then sold them to me) and paid for the highways (and so did I) that they were transported over and paid for the schools (and so did my parents) etc. Myself, I just do not care to denigrate hard work, and starting and running a business can be hard work. . . .

[OK, DUmmie hfojvt, with over 29,000 posts, maybe you aren't an LFT. You could just be a DUmmie having a Brief Moment of Mental Clarity, in which case I must award you . . . a Kewpie Doll! . . . which, by the way, you did not build, somebody else made that.]

There!

[mikrofon]

Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive

Yes -- first by the blood of Revolution and through the wisdom of our Founding Fathers, whom his ilk are so ready to dismiss .... Then, via the enterprise, ingenuity & hard work of countless Americans in our history seeking to improve their lives, and in so doing providing opportunity for their fellow citizens and the following generations.