And Yet You Apparently CAN Fool a Fool All the Time!

Greed and the American Way

When did greed completely take over?  It seems like today that everyone expects to be rich, have whatever they want, when they want it and won’t wait for it.  Well not everyone, but a large chunk of the population.  It’s not so much that people want more, or that they are impatient, it’s that this has become to be seen as desirable. 

Our heroes used to be those who sacrificed for the benefit of others.  And for some of us, that’s still true.  It used to be that the guy who was only in it for himself and to exploit it was the villain.  But that seems to have been reversed.  Teachers, who, Lord knows, are not in it for themselves; how could you be at the rate of pay they receive; firemen, police all the public services have become the targets for those who think that business is the answer to everything.  They are targets because instead of opting for large incomes, they decided to serve the rest of us and all they have really asked for that was that we give them a little bit of job security and a retirement when they are too old to continue.

But some people in the business world don’t see it as them doing us all a favor. Some of the CEOs, COOs and other board of directors who bring in half a million or more in income see these public servants as greedy.  “OMG! They want an average income of what! $60K? Greedy bastards!”  Why we might even ask these top earners to pay a little more on their taxes, which, Lord knows, would mean having to cut down on the booze in their booze locker, or have to actually think before they spend all that money on their private planes.  The problem with these guys is that they are Asocial and you can’t even shame them into thinking about how ridiculous their position is.  It makes you wonder where they all came from. 

What is totally amazing is that there are people among us commoners who believe the people like John Boehner about anything. I mean really?  Approving the funds already approved for teacher, police and firemen is irresponsible?  How irresponsible is it, John, to be playing electoral politics at a time when the people of the country need Congress to act so that we might have housing, jobs and food? You’re the one who’s being irresponsible, and if anyone other than your Country Club chums votes for you ever again, then they are among the poorly informed and are foolishly hurting themselves.