Dear AIG, I quit!
Re: Dear AIG, I quit!
Now in the bible, when a rich man does nothing to help the leprosy and starvation suffering beggar Lazarus as he jollily feasts, he loses his name, and all we know about him is "a rich man" and he went to hell. It seems that many taxpayers, seeing VP and AIG in the same sentence, have decided this man is exactly the same, a "rich man" not even worth considering. While I can understand the anger, it seems very misplaced, as a contract is a contract, government legislation is government legislation, and anyways, this VP didn't pick his pay:
Geithner, an Obama crony and public official, did.
He is also helping Lazarus right now with how that pay will be used.
And he didn't partake in the destruction of his company. Those folks are already gone. We are taking away the rights of an innocent man under the excuse of "I have it so hard." We are allowing our morality to be corrupted by the hardship of the world, and are thus ourselves like the seeds that Jesus spreads which fall on vines and are devoured. Reminds me of this old shrapnel of wisdom:
"If you are starving, which will you take first, your vote, or a bag of grain?"
But in a world of "Hope" and "Change" any kind of dilligent study and analysis or even using your common sense is discouraged. See, anger makes you predictable, makes you stupid, makes you like a little cow that can be brought to the stockyard and slaughtered for meat, and by allowing the government to impose penal taxes on a small group of people after the fact, a clever way of getting around the rule of law and the rights of it's citizens, the government has done exactly that. They've served the public hide hot and spiced, with a liberally applied maranade, and a side dish of US constitution.
I'm all for the common man, I know how capable he is and how much he has to offer this world. But that only makes me more angry that 1) our government wants to take away their freedom and thus their abillity, 2) people are allowing themselves to be corrupted and enslaved without even a promise of a better life for themselves. So who are we? Are we the men who built this country, or are we the "Here we are now, entertain us" (Kurt Kobain) crowd?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Well, I am one to believe that anger is not a weakness or a simple means to a downfall, I believe that is is more a device of empowerment which enables a person to take action. It is a motivational force that allows a person to raise a voice and seek action for injustices done unto them. Of course anger can very well lead to the outcome you've described, I view it more as a tool of change. Very interesting blog. Thanks for the good read!
People tend to get angry at the rich for being rich. There is no other group on this planet that get yelled at more. This is because the rich olny make up about 1% of the world. 25-30% live in modest conditions, 40-50% live below the poverty line. The rest live middle class conditions.
It would make sense for the rest of the world to get mad at a couple million people. But it's not right because the rich had to work hard to get there and are working very hard at running the world.
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