The president gave a speech last week and actually said that there comes a point where one has earned enough money. Uh, that sounds very undemocratic and doesn't adhere to the capitalistic mind set of our country. So, what happens when you cross this 'line' of income and you make too much? Do we continue to work hard but hand out the 'surplus' to someone who is not working? If we are working to support a business venture, should we be allowed to only make so much and no more? Eventually, wouldn't that cut back on available jobs in your business if you couldn't expand at will?
It is also interesting to note that the ones who advocate redistribution of income are usually quite well off themselves and I have yet to see them handing over any 'extra' cash.
There are many countries with a history of putting caps on how much a person can make and what he can do with the money he earns and it hasn't been a successful history. Why would our government advocate the same for us?
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Scary stuff . . .
It was shocking to watch the news and hear the hoards of illegal immigrants declaring that they deserve free everything and that they are owed this. The mind set of our world today is certainly self-centered. People seem to want the easy way out and if they don't like the work involved, they would just as soon skip that part and live off someone else's labor.
I see this in most every store clerk, these day. You can tell by their attitude that they want that paycheck and are pretty much putting in time in order to get it without undue effort.
It is so refreshing to deal with a store clerk who had decided to do their job to the best of their ability and be cheerful and helpful. You don't find too many these days! I was at Best Buy once and asked one of the clerks about a particular video game. He said he would check in the back. I watched this guy wander off and NOT go to the back and check on our request. He ended up standing a few aisles away. I walked up to him, AGAIN, and he smiled and asked if he could help me! He was so inept he couldn't even remember who he had not bothered to help already!
On the other hand, there is a cashier at the grocery store that not only remembers me but has a cheerful word, a joke, and a smile. There are times I go out of my way to shop there just because I get treated like a human being.
Seems to me that if everyone would look more to how they are appearing to the world rather than how the world should be for them, we might have a lot less problems.
I see this in most every store clerk, these day. You can tell by their attitude that they want that paycheck and are pretty much putting in time in order to get it without undue effort.
It is so refreshing to deal with a store clerk who had decided to do their job to the best of their ability and be cheerful and helpful. You don't find too many these days! I was at Best Buy once and asked one of the clerks about a particular video game. He said he would check in the back. I watched this guy wander off and NOT go to the back and check on our request. He ended up standing a few aisles away. I walked up to him, AGAIN, and he smiled and asked if he could help me! He was so inept he couldn't even remember who he had not bothered to help already!
On the other hand, there is a cashier at the grocery store that not only remembers me but has a cheerful word, a joke, and a smile. There are times I go out of my way to shop there just because I get treated like a human being.
Seems to me that if everyone would look more to how they are appearing to the world rather than how the world should be for them, we might have a lot less problems.
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