WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT THE 1% ??

America without the 1% http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/morganbrittany/2012/07/23/america_without_the_1
Townhall Finance – Morgan Brittany – 7/24/2012

Very interesting article listing America’s benefactors

If these people had never been motivated to start their businesses and reach for the gold ring, what would America look like? It sure would be a different place if the government had dictated who were the winners and who were the losers wouldn’t it? With incentive and freedom to pursue their dreams taken away, how many of these people would have sacrificed and struggled to build their empires? Would they have been as eager to do what they did if they knew that they would be penalized for success? I doubt it.

How many of these Occupy Wall Street kids took advantage of the universities, grants, scholarships, libraries and hospitals that these people provided for them? Do they ever think of that? Where did their computers come from? Their cell phones, their cars, their designer jeans? From the government? I don’t see many of them wearing a national uniform, do you?

We are so conditioned to hearing about the greedy 1% and how they don’t pay their “fair share”. They pay more than their “fair share” and without them, the 99% would suffer.

Right now, the 1% is carrying the load for the rest and it is tipping further and further every day. Instead of Obama trying to bring the successful down by demonizing and demoralizing the innovators, he needs to instill in the folks that are struggling that they can be like the 1%, they can achieve their dreams of success. The only problem is, if he can’t control the 99%, he won’t get re-elected. He must keep these people dependent on the government at all cost. He must keep telling them that the evil rich are responsible for their problems.

Success is not greed; success is an ability to make the world a better place and ultimately to make others lives better. Let’s give some thanks to the 1% for keeping the American dream alive. Let’s start looking at hard work and success as something to be proud of, not something to shun. The more success we have, the better our lives. Remember that the next time you walk into a hospital and see the name of the benefactor who built that wing; be grateful for the 1%.

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