FRE
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Hmmm, I dont get it Im a Republican, but im an agnostic.
I also am not wealthy (yet) but hope to be some day. It seems to me that wealth is directly proportional to how hard you work, how much effort you put forth, isnt that the American way? So why should you be taxed more or at a greater level than someone who does not work as hard and as a result has achieved less?
Im not slamming anyone who has not become wealthy, im just saying that anyone can if they want to. Some people may have other life goals and that is fine, but it does not mean that they should pay less because they earn less, after all that was their choice.
I guess I may be more of an independent, but I like the GOP because I can relate to their message about personal responsibility and free market economics. I dont get all the name calling and carrying on about this country. I can tell you after I having been overseas America rules the world and thank god (if there is one) that it does!
To a significant degree, that's true. However, there's always an element of luck involved, unless one has the ability to choose parents who will provide a good example and opportunity to become well educated. Even then, luck enters into it. Rapidly changing technology provides opportunities to become wealthy if one is sufficiently lucky to guess in which direction technology will go. A good guess can make one very wealthy whereas a bad guess can cause one to lose his shirt.
There are people who have become wealthy by doing constructive things which have also benefitted others. There are also people who have become wealthy by manipulating esoteric financial instruments to the detriment of others. Some of the people responsible for our near financial collapse made millions in the process.
Few wealthy people have become wealthy only through their own efforts.