I have been disgusted from the beginning at the way our citizens went after these people with their lynch mob mentality. It was pathetic.
It is not Obama or congress bringing this country down, it is it’s own miserable citizens. Whine, whine, whine, it’s not fair, you owe me.
I am not rich. I have struggled with my head just above water, and frankly, it is because of MY decisions, nobody else’s. Do I envy some people? Of course I do. Instead of whining about it, I work harder. It took me learning some things the hard way as well as maturity to come to be comfortable looking back and seeing my mistakes. However, I do not begrudge someone earning their money. Nor do I look down on a person working as a janitor or fast food employee, they are at least working. Are there cheats and con artists? Yes, but most are not.
Again, with the instant news, we get pertinent facts after the fact.
Somehow I think that the “envy” you claim to have is actually “admiration” of a sort. You see someone with more than you have and you want to achieve that level of financial success. That’s a good thing. I’m the same way. Envy tends to be more destructive, though, and that’s not the FReeper way.
But I may be mis-reading you. Feel free to correct me if I’ve got you wrong.
Conservatives need to start showing respect for ANY wage earner, worker or honest business owner.
The left consists of snobs in the Universities who look down on those who work at McDonalds or Walmart -— but the elitist snobs at the Universities vote the same way as many of the clerks and hamburger flippers.
I would MUCH rather have the honest Clerks and Cooks on my side, than those pompous windbag socialists who dominate higher education!
“Do I envy some people? Of course I do. Instead of whining about it, I work harder.”
Then you are not envious. Instead, you are experiencing Jealousy. Jealousy can be a motivator, envy is a destroyer. Keep working harder and you will be lucky enough to be demonized some day too.