John
You make good points but IMHO that reality show was right on the money. It was indicative of the less "endowed" wanting to be cared for by the more "endowed" In this case the ones willing to work for it and the ones who were willing to let someone else work for it then share it with them.
In this case all the less "endowed" had to do was keep the fire going while the more "endowed" went out and killed a one thousand pound Elk with primitive weapons.
I have seen this through my whole life. Like Ray I have also borrowed to help the "Kids" when they needed it.

No one is saying the handicapped don't need help. No one is saying they shouldn't get help. But I was watching the Wall street protestors and I didn't see a single soul in a wheel chair. Mostly I saw young college age kids whining about how unfair they were being treated by the "Rich folks"

I don't buy it.

Give a person an opportunity is the only obligation we have. Some folks make it some folks don't.
I have a relative that started investing in income properties back in the early 70's. I also invested in income properties. For some reason he was successful, I wasn't. He is worth more than a Million now while I am still trying to pay off my house. I don't expect him to share a single dime of his money.
I don't know why he made it and I didn't. But I sure don't expect him to share it with me.
I guess he was just more endowed than I. Luck of the draw.

I still don't understand why no one is willing to take on the issue of our wage difference with China? Why every one wants to blame wall street for them not having a job. What do people want? Wall street to build a factory and go broke trying to keep people working?
The latest attempt at that should send out a signal. We gave Solyndra $500 Million and they went bankrupt trying to compete with Chinese companies making the same product for one tenth what it cost them.
The really sad thing is they knew they couldn't compete but to satisfy the whiners they did it anyway.

Last edited by Bill Robinson; 10/05/11 05:52 PM.
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