Henry your logic is shockingly stupid! He is talking about ‘responsibility’ and not an ethic driven by money accumulation to create ‘shareholder wealth’. We gave the keys of our economy to wall street, and they ran the bus right off the cliff. What do you expect from Wall Street bankers? I am actually not surprised that you forgot about responsibility, most people have.

>But don’t twist these rightful responsibilities into some idea that those who work harder are beholden to those who do not.

Ok, we weren’t talking about that but it is obviously on your mind. Not sure how you define work, to me, working hard is working fast-food, mindless jobs where all you do is the same thing over and over again. That is working hard. To assume that the world works in a way where the ‘hardest’ workers got paid the most and the ‘laziest’ the least, well, you have better drugs then me my friend.

It’s not about who works the hardest at all. It is about who has the means. If you have the means, then you have a responsibility to this country to help it in a time of need. To help-out your fellow man. But I’m sure that thought doesn’t cross your mind too often.

>You are doing this when you talk about Obama’s wealth redistribution plans.

Umm, no, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Obama is talking about taxing the rich more, it has nothing to do with ‘hard work’. It has to
do with the fact that we have given tax-cuts to the wealthy. Now that the nation is in a financial crisis. I think it is prudent to start having the wealthy pay more. The bottom line is that hyper-capitalistic behavior managed to do something called ‘destroy production capacity’. Ever hear the saying “don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?” Here ‘the goose’ represents a healthy economy.

Think I’m overstating? The bankers developed a ‘financial instrument’ called mortgage-backed-securities. I believe Frank Fabozzi was instrumental in their development. Anyway, they decided to get as greedy as they could until they had no idea how much their ‘financial instruments’ were worth. Hmmm, bankers
who have a nice big vault of ‘something’ could be gold, could be dirt. The party ended when AIG found out that that behind door number three was a pile of dirt.

Employees have responsibilities. Company Owners have responsibilities. Everybody has responsibilities.

But don’t twist these rightful responsibilities into some idea that those who work harder are beholden to those who do not. You are doing this when you talk about Obama’s wealth redistribution plans. You can throw all the bleeding-heart arguments out there that you want: but when it really comes down to it, you’ll always be able to find someone who’s working as hard as he can and accumulating wealth, and another person who could be working harder and is complaining about the other guy’s success. Herein lies the fault in Obama’s wealth redistribution plans. Sure there are many exceptions, but in the above, all-too-common scenario, what right does the lower income earner have to demand direct or indirect monies from the higher income earner? None.