Obama and his ilk continue their assault on the so-called rich, wanting to prevent people who don't deserve what they have from enjoying their wealth. Today the onslaught covers people who didn't do anything for it, but it only includes some. My friends complain about Paris Hilton who is famous because she is rich but not about Ted Kennedy who is a senator for the same reason.
Some people I know want the government to confiscate Hilton's money because she didn't do anything to earn it. I ask them two questions: What did Ted Kennedy do to deserve his money that you exempt him from the same line of attack? and What did YOU do that makes you think you deserve the money more than Hilton or Kennedy?
Much as I disagree with the stature born of inherited wealth, there can be no doubt that their parents earned a great deal of wealth through work. They passed it on to their progeny. If you want to pass on money to your children, go out, get rich, and pass it on to them. The class warfare has to end.
As for the Kennedy and Rockefeller families, you can only buy your spots for so long before your lack of industry leaves your progeny bereft of what they need to succeed, and then you will lose power. Aristocracy in America is transitory, and successive generations that enjoy wealth without work soon squandor the fruits of labor. Don't you dare however try to steal whatever I earn when I try to bequeath it on my offspring. You owe them the same privilege you enjoy.
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