For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.

I heard Spencer Hughes on the radio yesterday talking about class envy and populism.  He made an analogy between being healthy and being rich.  Basically, if you are sick, you don’t sit around wanting the rest of the world to get sick.  Most people just don’t do that.  Instead they strive to be healthy.  Everyone can be healthy.    One persons health does not come at the expense of another’s sickness.

 

Yet with class and wealth, is it popular to demonize “the rich”.  I hear so much of this talk now that is scares me.  America is the land of opportunity.  People come from all around the world for economic opportunity that we offer.  Yet, “the rich” are accused (falsely) of not paying their fair share.  It is popular sentiment that if someone is rich, it must have come from exploitation of the poor.  I don’t buy this.  I believe that we should admire and respect individuals that have achieved financial success.    We can all be successful and we don’t need politicians and policies that divide us and drum up class envy.