Secondly, James is right on the money when he says that “a rational response to being given wealth produced by others. They always want more.” That’s why non-unionized workforces always end up at subsistence wages. Again. this has been proved time and time again. Remember what our history books say about the days of the robber barons? Only the unethical survive and they profit handsomely because they refuse to share the money that their employees are making for them. This is such as plain and simple example of the free market.

Yes, we need to encourage entrepreneurs, but there has to be some lower and upper limits that we as a society will allow. If you can’t or refuse to share fairly in the money your workers are making, then you shouldn’t be in business. If you can’t make a successful company by paying a living wage to your workers, then you shouldn’t be in business.

And, lastly, anyone who thinks that America wasn’t founded on socialist principles has never read or understood the US Constitution, “We the People…”

The impairment or misappropriation of private property for one is impairment, or refusal to acknowledge private property for all as a Constitutional mandate.

Democracy applies individually though it may be common as collective philosophy. By denying one, the tolerance to deny all is already constructed. If some are denied, it’s a matter of when all will be denied, not if all will be denied.

Thanks for reading and for your comment. I am sorry you disapprove of my word choices and that your perception of my passion leads you to distrust my conclusions. I only wish that you could include some facts or arguments that might encourage a discussion allowing all of us to walk away better informed.

You’re right, I didn’t include facts about Americans losing our voting rights since it’s been in the news almost daily. If you feel that I need to repeat the commonly known facts of this issue, then I should probably also prove the facts that “up” is “up” and “Capitalism is not a form of Government.”

One problem that some people have, and I’m not saying you exhibit this or that you don’t, is they disagree with something and can’t say why, so they argue about the peripheral issues, such as word choice or my mother wears combat boots.

It helps us all to discuss the issues if we can stick to the issues.

Would you like to further this discussion or perhaps enlighten me and my readers regarding the issue at hand?

My thoughts: I am saddened that, with great interest, I read your article in hopes to gain insight based on fact. As I was initially inspired, unfortunately emotions took over in your writings and left me with a lack of trust.

I understand how politics can be and is a subject of passion.

I wish you and yours great success and prosperity regardless of our divergent passions.