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This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| I heard someone talking about his life. He's a working man. He struggles to pay his bills. He supports his own family. He enjoys an occasional beer, playing ball, hanging out with friends. He drives a simple vehicle. He knows he's not royalty, or the jet set, or a pampered rich kid. But maybe he's one of the chosen few. I thought maybe he's right. A current TV commercial claims that some folks are just "stupid rich". Our first thought at that ad is, "Man, I wouldn't mind being "stupid rich". I'd like to be free of worrying about paying things on time, or what if I get sick and can't work, or what if the furnace breaks this winter.And wouldn't it be nice to have a few luxuries? The privileged rich take a lot of things for granted, including their power. They don't know the value of sweating to care for themselves or their families. They understand the power of money, but not the value of a single dollar. There's the welfare state, in more than just America. They ride the coattails of others, and feel government owes them something. They also don't know the pride of earning your own way, of building your own home or lifestyle. The truly impoverished live in disease, war, famine, and slavery. They are obsessed with mere survival and can't deal with pleasure or friendship or social structure. So maybe the working class people really do have it best. They have enough knowledge, experience, and comforts, not to be spoiled, but to get by, to still have dreams, to make sound judgments. The chosen few may not be the ones who bask in the "easy" life, but the ones who've had just enough of the taste of the good life to keep working for it. |
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