They have a lifetime pension and lifetime healthcare and lifetime raises. They have.
Yes - and a lot of them have never worked in the private sector or ran a business. I have to operate within a budget, decide how much of the profit I need to reinvest in the business, how much I need to pay to keep my employees, etc. all the while trying to turn out a better product at a better price than the competition and still make a profit. They just raise taxes. I am a college dropout. I understand business. I have a friend with a Phd , all he has ever done is taught school at various levels. A brilliant man, he is currently a professor of art at a local university. But he doesn’t have a clue the way the business world works. School of hard knocks is a wonderful learning tool. Don’t misunderstand me, I am all for education. But my point is we have elected people who, like my friend, have prestigious titles and fancy degrees. They think they can save the planet, and on paper it looks good. Then when it doesn’t work, they just get more money and try it again. If I make a bad business decision, I might go out of business. If I make the same foolish mistake again, I will be out of business. We need more people who are in the real world. We need people who “get it”. BO’s only real job has been a community organizer, and perhaps that is noble work. But does anyone really expect him to “get it”? On business, now that our country is in a financial crisis? I hold no such hope. I believe he is only going to make things much worse.