The Millionaire Next Door

For as long as I've been reading the moonbat left that is The Capital Times, they have been villifying those who succeed economically. They haven't just been trying to confiscate their wealth (although they ARE trying to do that too.) The past few years they have been running a campaign that is designed to make sure that everybody hates them. The path they have chosen to accomplish this, is to smear them and their motives. The primary charge is greed. This is an exceedingly easy charge to make. If you, a rich man, is not willing to cough up more and more in taxes, then it must be due to greed. After all, you've got lots of money right? And if you aren't enthusiastic about turning over everything above what a liberal considers to be a "reasonable" income level, then there is no other explanation.

They have been nothing if not consistent in promoting this caraciture. The thing is, I do know a few people who actually are wealthy. The people I'm talking about are millionaires, some, several times over. And there are other millionaires that I "know." They don't know me, of course. I'm talking about those people that I know something about through their public persona. Not neccesarily a Donald Trump type of profile, but "famous."

The thing is all of those people are anything but greedy. When it comes to charitable giving, there are two things they seem to have in common. They are more generous than I would be, and they tend to give annonymously. Admittedly, some do seem to enjoy the recognition. There is one of several high profile philantropists in Madison, who obviously likes the naming rights when he gives, since his name is on everything that doesn't move. But when you consider the amount of money he has given, I am not inclined to quibble over that.

But where are all these modern day Mr. Potters? Where is this guy who just keeps piling up the cash for the sake of having a bigger pile of cash? I've never seen or met him. Maybe you could point to a Bernie Madoff or an Alan Stamford, but aren't those guys in jail/under indictment? The point being they aren't getting away with it. But as far as The Cap Times is concerned, you can't be rich AND caring unless you've called for higher tax rates.