In my continuing series of war stories, I will now touch upon a subject that will dismay and repel a great many people, especially those in the democratic party of these United States. The war against the rich. Bear with me while I give some necessary historical background.
After the new world was discovered there followed by natural cause and effect, a period of colonization by the major players in European politics at that time. Companies were founded by men who had the capital to invest. For those of my readers who don’t know what “capital” is, think of it as money acquired by an individual that is over and above what is needed for immediate living expenses. What we all think of as “wealth.” These companies were granted charters by the various crowned heads in Europe giving specified land territories in exchange for financial considerations related to trade and import/export income possibilities.
In order to sustain their companies standing in the eyes of “the crown,” these men had to recruit colonists. Men who combined within themselves the skills, personal initiative, and just plain physical courage needed to move into an unknown and untamed wilderness and build businesses that would turn a profit. In only one case I have been able to discover did these investors come themselves to face the dangers and uncertainties of the new world. They recruited men able to work without supervision, that is, men who could conceive and execute a financial plan all on their own, do the initial physical labor involved, and hire other men who would be able to add their own skills to the enterprise. And of course, these men would bring their wives and children with them, man not being a solitary animal by either choice or instinct. And the women married to such men had also to be self motivated, possessed of many skills and physical courage or they would not have survived in the new wilderness. No women, no children, no men, no colony, no profit. Thus were the majority of the colonies of the new world founded. There was at least one founded as a criminal justice colony but that is for another war story.
Dear Readers, prepare yourselves now for an unimaginable horror. Most of you have taken up the history of these United States after the Declaration of Independence of 1776. “All men were created equal” and that sort of thing and you believe that these are the principles on which America was founded. This is not so. America was founded, colonized, and survived, on the principles of good sound business practise.
The revolutionary war came of Great Britain’s refusal to adhere to them after establishing a for-profit colony built by free men. “No taxation without representation”, was the rallying cry of the original “Tea Party” patriots. America grew into a nation to be reckoned with by the everyday, personal efforts of those men and women who, as individuals, understood and of their own initiative, used good, sound business practises for their own profit, the profit of their employees(they were paid you know), and the profit of the original investors. America is now almost on the rocks of financial insolvency(witness the current debate on the “debt ceiling”) because the majority of voters have lost sight of this very major fact of our beginnings.
Somewhere between the eras of the Civil and the Second World Wars, Americans came to view their government as a source of unearned income for the masses. The focus became public “welfare” benefits and not free, individual, profit bearing initiatives. Somewhere in here there arose a notion that “rich” people were responsible for providing for “the masses” out of their own pockets because that was “fair,” without any thought as to where those “rich” people actually got their money. Somewhere within this time period it became a crime against all americans to be “rich.”
I have entitled this post—-the war against the rich. It ties in to the earlier American Dream posts in this blog because what is the American Dream if it is not that a person from the lower-income brackets can, by his/her own initiative, become “rich?” I have laid out the basic shift in our original expectation of legitimate individual profit to government-funded, unearned income. My next post will be a more in-depth examination as to just why and how this shift occurred and just how it is now a crime to be “rich” in America.
My next post will be—-The War Against The Rich–continued
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FYI Re: Mitt Romney
Posted in Presidential Politics, tagged Bain Corporation, business practises, conservative commentary,, Corporate raiders, Democrat, Mitt Romney, Republican, Sharks on January 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Here is an item for the consideration of genuine conservatives and also those potential voters out there who are not enamored of any of the candidates, republican or democrat.
I have seen Mr. Romney portrayed as an astute and able businessman, conversant with the business world and better able to create jobs than any of the other candidates. Mr. Romney himself is especially vocal about these “qualities” and “talents” of his.
Now I have read a few pieces about the man, especially his association with the Bain Corporation. For those of you who have no knowledge of the working lexicon of the business world I will share what little I have and now looks like a good time for it.
A genuine businessman or woman builds a business. With talent, good ideas, good ethics and good people skills. They either do this from the ground up, as in starting a business, or they take over from a retiring family member or fellow board person. In the latter case, other members of the board elect them to their position of leadership because they have shown abilities that will help the business to grow.
Then there are the “sharks” of the business world. They keep their eyes open for businesses that are not failing, bankrupt or in otherwise bad shape but are good, viable, going concerns that may have a vulnerability somewhere in their stock management that will allow what good business people all recognize as a “hostile takeover.” That means the new owners are not interested in running the business as is but are looking to sell off any liquifiable assets, fire a good portion of the people and make an instant cash killing in a short time. These particular types of sharks are known as “Corporate Raiders.”
Now, go back and reread some of the articles concerning Mr. Romney’s talents as used by the Bain Corporation. Mr. Wannabe President Romney is the textbook definition of the Corporate Raider. Do some research, it won’t hurt you. See if you can find out how many of the businesses Bain “restructured” were going bankrupt. You can’t make a large cash killing off of a bankrupt concern, creditors have first claim to all the assets. These predators of the business world only kill off the healthy.
How would you like him for President?
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