Posted by John Lambert on December 07, 2006 at 01:36:23 from 24.80.105.135 user John.
In Reply to: Re: the 'people's sheep' factor (was UHT milk posted by PeterH on December 06, 2006 at 16:10:10:
I have never really understood what all this class envy is about? Surely everyone wants to get rich; so what's the problem if a few people by dint of hard work, brains and risk-taking make a pile? My view is "Good for them. They deserve it." I don't agree with the idea that people get rich through inheritance or by somehow getting money that should rightfully belong to the poor. I have known quite a few rich people and all of them got that way through working 12 to 16 hours a day, using brains and muscle, willlingness to risk everything on a new idea, a good sense of timing and a dash of good luck. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that socialists think the supply of money is limited, so if you get more than your share, you are preventing some one else from getting it. I always thought capitalists added to the money supply. I'll hold on to that tin hat just a little longer if yuo don't mind, Peter.