According to a new Pew Research Center survey, 66 percent of respondents agree that there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between rich and poor in America. This is up from 47 percent that agreed with this two years ago.
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Star Parker
Star Parker is president of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (urbancure.org), a national organization that addresses issues of race and poverty through an agenda of faith, personal responsibility and limited government. She is also author of three books.
Capitalism is not the problem in this country. Capitalism is what made this country as great as it was. The problem is the way that capitalism has been bastardized by the greedy…of all socio-economic backgrounds.
Harken back to that old west blacksmith or livery owner. They were capitalists. They sought a good day’s work for a good day’s pay. They didn’t try to rip people off, they tried to be fair and morally minded.
On the other side of that coin was the wealthy land barons. The more they had, the more power they had so the more they flaunted it. Not all of them were like the Cartwrights…..few actually were.
Today, we have the humble, honorable hot dog vendors…practicing blacksmith capitalism. They perform a service for a reasonable price without having to rip you off. Then there’s the Corporate CEOs. I’m not going to name names but the President of my company is sanctioning layoff after layoff…outsourcing entire divisions (mine was one)…yet he got his multi million dollar ‘bpnus’ on top of his million dollar salary. All while he watched the company’s stock fall below 96% of what is was when he took over. A once great American Icon known the world over, one of which I was very proud to be working for, now a shell of it’s former self with the founder’s body spinning in its grave.
Shame on America for letting this happen. The rich might pay more dollars in taxes than I do…but let’s be realistic…let’s talk percentages and how it directly affects one’s lifestyle. The 30% I pay is more than the 15% Newt paid. Thirty percent of my sub $50k annual salary is a lot more life changing than 15% of a multi-million dollar a year income.
To Ms. Parker…..I appreciate the skill you used in writing your article. It’s nice to see a ‘professional’ writer actually proofread. However, each sentence should not be an entity unto itself. There are things called paragraphs….you should know how to use them.
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Capitalism is not the problem in this country. Capitalism is what made this country as great as it was. The problem is the way that capitalism has been bastardized by the greedy…of all socio-economic backgrounds.
Harken back to that old west blacksmith or livery owner. They were capitalists. They sought a good day’s work for a good day’s pay. They didn’t try to rip people off, they tried to be fair and morally minded.
On the other side of that coin was the wealthy land barons. The more they had, the more power they had so the more they flaunted it. Not all of them were like the Cartwrights…..few actually were.
Today, we have the humble, honorable hot dog vendors…practicing blacksmith capitalism. They perform a service for a reasonable price without having to rip you off. Then there’s the Corporate CEOs. I’m not going to name names but the President of my company is sanctioning layoff after layoff…outsourcing entire divisions (mine was one)…yet he got his multi million dollar ‘bpnus’ on top of his million dollar salary. All while he watched the company’s stock fall below 96% of what is was when he took over. A once great American Icon known the world over, one of which I was very proud to be working for, now a shell of it’s former self with the founder’s body spinning in its grave.
Shame on America for letting this happen. The rich might pay more dollars in taxes than I do…but let’s be realistic…let’s talk percentages and how it directly affects one’s lifestyle. The 30% I pay is more than the 15% Newt paid. Thirty percent of my sub $50k annual salary is a lot more life changing than 15% of a multi-million dollar a year income.
To Ms. Parker…..I appreciate the skill you used in writing your article. It’s nice to see a ‘professional’ writer actually proofread. However, each sentence should not be an entity unto itself. There are things called paragraphs….you should know how to use them.