Broken
filed in Commentary, Political on Mar.15, 2006
That’s the first word that came to mind when I read this:
“I was told that an entry level person at Wal-Mart, who works his or her entire career at Wal-Mart, would make as much as the CEO makes in two weeks. A lifetime of work versus two weeks in the executive suite — this is not America, this is not fairness, this is not the basis of a strong middle class that is essential for our democracy. We must change that in our country.”
That’s House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, kids. Re-read that again, in particular the “..this is not fairness..” part. Want a Democrat in the White House? Representing your House district? This is what you’ll get: fairness. Previous “fairness”-inspired crusades have yielded us such enduring gems as the Sixteenth Amendment. There’s another word for this kind of a system: socialism. WAKE UP, AMERICA.
Reagan, of course, had it right: what makes America truly special is that we have the freedom to pursue whatever we so choose, not the right to whatever we want. Modern Democrats — and their apparently clueless base — do not get this.
March 15th, 2006 on 7:48:17 pm
Unfortunately, the left is great at many things:
1) Striving toward mediocrity
2) Blaming others for their own problems
3) Trying to make a case for entitlement
There is no better place in this world to find opportunity. If you can’t make it in this country, you are a hands-down lazy-ass. Man I get tired of hearing sob stories. We’ve all got problems, it doesn’t mean we are entitled to someone fixing them for us.
Now, Capitalism has its problems. But I guarantee you that CEO worked his ass off at some point in his life. And now when his work is finally paying off you want him to distribute it too his sub-par employees.
I know someone who runs a Walmart store. He said what is special about Walmart is that they really give jobs to people that are otherwise unemployable. This is perhaps a noble thing. But… don’t expect those low-demand workers to be bringing home the colossal bacon.