The 1%ers

Across my feeds and, I'm sure in other social media I do not have, it is amazing to me how many out there vilify millionaires and billionaires. To so many, they are the root of all evil in this country. Well, I beg to differ. Please keep in mind, I am not a millionaire, nor in this lifetime will I achieve billionaire status. I'm just a normal guy who worked his entire life to achieve what he has, not relying on anyone else, except my wife.

I don't understand how people can vilify those who were successful in life. Just because others aren't, doesn't mean they should be scorned and ridiculed. I see this all the time, oh, they should give all their money away to ease the plight of others. Billionaires just don't have stacks of cash lying around. Their wealth is in stocks and bonds and the companies they have built. They are the ones supplying the jobs everyone works to make their own monies and pay the bills. Without them, there would be a surge in poverty like never seen before.

Today's generations, especially in the United States, only know a level of wealth never before seen in the world. Those that criticize the rich may not think of it that way, but that is the way it is. The rich fueled the industrial revolution. That begat the auto they drive and the steel that build this country. They built the railroads which opened up commerce. They fueled the technology revolution, so without the rich, you wouldn't have the computers we have, electric or self-driing cars (neither of which I will ever own) or a $1000 phone on which you can complain about the wealthy.

If it weren't for the millionaires and billionaires, we would be barely above an agrarian society that our forefathers struggled to survive. Are there wealthy that do not do their fair share? Of course. But there are also many more of those that sponge off the social programs of the government and the gracious nature of others because they are a generational welfare family that has no accountability.