In the American society where “all men are created equal”, we forget what that really means, concerning our inalienable Rights. No one really seems to understand what a Right is anymore. If you have a right to something that puts an obligation on your fellow citizen, that is not a Right. According to our Founders, our Rights are given to us by our Creator, and there is no obligation on our fellow citizens to exercise those rights. We have allowed our government to create a zero sum game out of equality. The rich have to pay their fair share. The tax on income is already a progressive tax. Meaning, the more you make, the higher the percentage goes. The top 10% of wage earners pay 84% of all taxes collected and 47% pay no taxes. That leaves a shrinking middle-class of 43% to pay 16% of all taxes collected. No one discusses broadening the tax base, but will bitch about the rich. Raising tax on the rich only serves as an added expense on the middle-class. Narrowing the tax base only serves to raise or create new taxes, mostly on the middle class. The rich will be rich. They know how to be rich and stay rich. The term “pay their fair share” only promotes division and creates economic envy.
The middle-class has been largest and strongest part of our economy, despite the efforts of government to regulate and tax it to submission. The middle-class is innovative and sometimes defiant on the legal side of regulation. In other words, the middle-class always finds a way. Unfortunately, that way has been more of survival rather than example of the American Dream. The middle-class folks are the Champions, this is important—THE MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS ARE THE CHAMPIONS. When I see a politician telling me I need a champion, hopefully Americans can see through that and be insulted by such arrogance, and take such a remark as a challenge. Make no mistake, if this political challenger for the championship wins, the middle-class will lose.
From the party that desires equality, in all forms, from cradle to grave, this is the most “in your face” inequality promotion presented to the American people. By its very nature a politician raising themselves to the rank of champion, makes the middle-class nothing but serfs and squires to be looked down upon and be in service the champion and their minions. So, I guess it’s no secret that I’m talking about Hillary Clinton. This woman has said some of the most egregious statements against capitalism, the middle-class, and our way of life.
Example:
“We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking what is best for society.” (Hillary Clinton)
OK, this sounds nice and clean on the surface. However, it is a foreign concept made to look home grown. It is a blatant attack on capitalism and our way of life in America. Capitalism is based on the individual in service to other individuals. This is how society is built and this is how society takes care of itself. Hillary, and others, have come to the conclusion that only government can solve the problems of society and we should elect those that know what’s best for us all. This is what we have done and this is why there is such poverty in such a rich country as America. Hillary’s quote actually describes a government that has been proven a failure. When you really get down to it, the individual is the minority. You can’t trust a government that cares nothing for the minority, and then it’s no longer America. With this type of thinking, equality and society are split in two. Sociologists would call these two groups the bourgeoisie and the proletariats – the owners and the workers. This is what invariably happens. All “prols” are equal in the eyes of the champion bourgeoisie rulers. Quality of work becomes average, innovation becomes extinct and all that is needed by the individual in society is rationed—that’s called equality.
This is a champion only Karl Marx could be proud of.
Nonovelist 