Wealth Takers v/s Wealth Creators Some food for thought

The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government. It is high time to realize that all important fact.

It is clear that we are still stuck today in the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression. Despite all the disinformation and market manipulation out there, our economic weakness has now become a top national security threat.

Did the market fail or did the government fail? If so, how? I have made my business career by asking the right questions. Are we working on the right problem? Do we have the right people? Are we close enough to the action? My strong suit is to ask questions until the bottom line is found. Are you asking yourselves these questions or taking at face value all what you’re being fed by our supposed “economic and market gurus” out there?

I believe even the most well-meaning government policies have unintended consequences that have harmed the economy. If government policies were held accountable the way private businesses are, the scoreboard would say government is failing to help people. What do you say?

In my humble opinion, there are few problems in the world that economic prosperity cannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierce attack. The forces that seek power over others have gained the upper hand against those that seek freedom. By harming wealth creation, they cause even more strain on society. Historically, this is nothing new. State domination over its subjects has roots that connect statism, totalitarianism, communism, and socialism to more modern-day variants of liberalism and progressivism. It is a constant fight and we must win.

It is a fact that the forces against wealth creation accelerate when the Progressives are in power. More recently, they forced “Obamacare” and “Dodd Frankenstein Financial Deform” upon us. We now face a perfect storm. One only needs to observe the unrest across the world to imagine what life will become here if we don’t get our economy turned around very soon.

But how? It is not as though people lose sight of simple principles in a complex society as much as it is a Progressive tactic to confuse people. For example, if the world consists of two farmers, and one is paid government benefits, who pays? Exactly. The other farmer pays. Redistribution is a negative-sum game, and people understand that. In another example, if one farmer raises cattle and the other grows vegetables, they are both better off through voluntary trade. Making other people better off is the only way to satisfy your needs. Is it bad that some people make many people better off? Do you deserve a special attack by government if you make millions of people better off? Voluntary exchange is a positive-sum game.

After all, trade and wealth creation is not all upside. It is failure, too. Failure is a necessary component to growth and success. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times but also hit 714 home runs. We need to let failing entities fail. Only then will successful people turn these enterprises back into wealth-creating vehicles again. “Too big to fail” is a concept that perpetuates failure and saps vitality from the rest of the wealth creators to do so.

Bottom Line: Wealth creation is not a business suited to those whose skill set consists of voting “present.” It requires decision making, risk taking, hard information, discipline, insight, and intelligence.

We have clearly gotten away from the 10th Amendment. The only equal outcome for all that can be achieved by the federal government is misery for all. It is not that people shouldn’t be helped. It is that in most cases, it is not the role of the federal government to do so.

After all is said and done, in whose hands should you place your trust for improving the economy? An entrepreneur, whose job it is to solve problems for a profit? Or a bureaucrat, whose job it is to cause problems for a profit? I know where I put my trust, and I’m sure 90 percent of us agree.

We outnumber them, so let’s act like it. After all, the American Dream isn’t a house, or any property, or the consumption of any good. It is to be productive creating wealth.

It is real sad that the very people whose policies unleashed the attacks on our economic foundation are today waging a full-blown assault on the true wellspring of business formation, innovation, and job creation: the wealth creators.

When you see how the Washington–Wall Street corridor, which I call the “Chaos Industry”, profits at the expense of average Americans, what are you waiting for to take action?

The turnaround must come from outside of the Washington establishment. It must come from us.

Battle lines have been drawn. On one side of the battle are the fakers and takers. On the other side, all of the wealth creators. Who offers you more opportunity?

The Founding Fathers did their job. I strongly believe we must be the “Defending Fathers”. What do you say?

One of my favorite political lines on the campaign trail comes from former U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen. He once said, “When they feel the heat, they will see the light.”

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