"All kidding aside, I have been asked by many who see my family enjoying a boat ride. Who did you screw over to get that ride? A good number of the "less fortunate" as Boortz calls em are insanely jealous of others achievements. So it is very easy for an overly ambitious piece of crap politician to play the "soak the rich" card"
Agreed. I'm 32 and not doing too badly - bought a house a few years ago, my fiancee quit her job and goes to school full time, dont live check to check, etc... some of her classmates like to joke with her that she has a "sugar daddy" or people I know have expressed some jealousy...
...but here's what they don't see. The long weeks at a time I spend doing business travel and sleeping in hotel rooms instead of at home. My staying up 23 hour stretches to get a project done for a customer that HAS to get done by a deadline, so I git er done. Having taken only 2 vacation days in the last year and working straight through many weekend, like this one. My sister is one such jealous person - I pay for my fiancees school, and she wants my mom to pay for hers. (my sister is 29 and lives with her boyfriend.) I explained that paying for the person who you're engaged to's school is a grown up thing to do - having your mom pay for it isn't. She's a lib and doesn't get it.
TANSTAAFL
there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
I recommend "the myth of rich and poor" and "the millionaire next door," 2 excellent books on this subject.
Stay the hell away from "rich dad, poor dad" as the whole book is a made up bunch of crap. It's full of bad advice.