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Originally posted by Dostoevsky
Why is there such resentment for the rich in America today? Why do we hate the industrialist whose innovations and processes have created jobs and raised our standard of living?
There was a time when people like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Gates were the American dream. Now we're suspicious of anyone who succeeds in life. Well guess what folks. Their are people in this world who are smarter, harder working, and more successful than you and me. They're rich and they deserve to be. It's not governments job to redistribute their income to us through taxes or in this case, some stupid ass speeding ticket.
Who hasn't ever gone 25 over in some low speed zone? I have and I bet you have too. I just want to live in a society where the rules are the same for everyone and success is something to be proud of. I've accepted the fact that Europe has largely gone socialist but what is wrong with us?
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I think you're missing two points here.
People don't resent those who made the money through innovations and hard work, and thus earned it. But the great majority of the so-called rich people did not do this. They inherited the wealth they have, they did nothing whatsoever to accomplish it. Gates, for one, might be the American dream, if the American dream is about getting filthy rich. Not being born in America I always assumed it was about being happy, raising a family and getting by.
And the other point was, that these traffic violations we were discussing aren't 25 over the limit, they're twice or more the speed limit, which shows little regard for the law. And if all you get for breaking the law is a slap on the wrist, then what's stopping you from doing it again? Honour or dignity? The filthy rich can afford to live without either.