From New Book: "Popular Passions" The Rich and the Poor

I've been thinking lately about how our system of wealth is divided. It goes without saying that our capitalist society is an ever-widening gap between those in the higher tax bracket and those in the "untouchable" tax brackets. We that are in the lower tax brackets, seem to be forever dominated by the few that do make a killing in their respective industries, skills, or trade. There are so many of us that are in this world who work like the devil to make only a shilling of what big trade officials and other cooperate top dogs make. It makes us blue-collar folks wonder what we should do to up the ante on our skill so that we could better our individual economic status. There are more poor people who struggle than there are rich people in the world. Shouldn't the blue-collar folks be the ones that are successful at a skill enough to overpower the rich at their own game? Shouldn't we be the better wealth that powers society?




I believe the answer to our economic struggles lies not just in the political field. Let's look at ourselves for a second. We can criticize illegal immigrants from taking jobs from us. I, for one, don't agree with illegal immigrants taking it all over. But, we have a tendency to gripe about things and pretend things are not out of our control. One of the reasons that there is no social security or other benefits for us is due to corruption--largely corruption. That corruption mostly lies in the political system. These high ranking officials have not the slightest interest in the people of this nation. Or, they help the wrong people. I don't believe it matters whether you are democrat or a republican, so that can stop now! We are all in this together, but alone, too. This is because the governmental bodies have no interest in us, absolutely none. If they did, they would help us. I am actually tired of believing that someone is going to help me with my needs, so why should I trust that the president would do the same? And it doesn't matter what creed, race, or color he or she is. It doesn't matter. The presidency is a corrupt attempt at copying the European monarchy. If you compare the differences between our systems, ours is much the same as theirs because we originated from that. That's all we know. I'm through believing that the government will help me out aside from helping me fund my education. We have all been blessed with beautiful and gracious minds. We need to focus on creating something all our own and delivering it to others for income instead of continuing to feel like OPEC or any of the other big companies are taking over our lives. We all have God on our side. He has blessed us all with unique qualities and talents. I think it's time we find our niches and create and deliver with them. That could, at least, solve some of our problems.