It is hard being poor. You grow up sharing the little that you have, but you don't really mind that because you don't really know any other way of life.
People tell you that if you study and work hard, there's a chance you can make things better for yourself and your family. A lot of poor people do just that. They don't sit around waiting for gifts and free stuff and they take a lot of jobs that will never make them rich.
Most poor people love their country. Many of them sign up for the opportunity to defend it. If you've never been to a boot camp graduation ceremony, you really haven't met the people who believe in America the most.
They are ordinary people who use their free time to prepare for more opportunities. They take care of their parents, their children and their grandchildren. Then they go to their churches ans their synagogues and temples and thank God for the basics.
We're not talking about luxuries here. We're talking about good health, shelter and food, and maybe a little extra for some ice cream, or a beer and a couple of dances at a neighborhood bar or sawdust covered, wood floor honkey-tonk, off the county road.
They are also the people who show up with a shovel, a mop and gallon of bleach when a neighbor's home floods or the sewer backs up. They smile and volunteer their time and their limited resources to help out in their communities. What they lack in money, they make up for with warm smiles and sincere desires that every nickel they help raise can help solve a problem for a family up against it.
People like that don't really have a lot of time to envy those fortunate to have a little or a lot more. They have entirely too much to do than to worry about who is rich and who is not. And they really are too busy trying to stay focused on life and living their faith to hate or blame anyone branded with responsibility for what's wrong with the country.
The term "politics of envy" being thrown around like that is someone's reality. I think to dismiss the wants and needs of people who have struggled to help theiir family's survive the worst economic downturn in 70 years is just cold and heartless. People want the best for their children. Many want to give their young adults reasons to hope for a better future.
While the one percent don't make the country work, it's these people, the ones with the pimples, the bad teeth, the worn shoes and good hearts, that keep faith in America. They fill the military's ranks, they spend most of their money on basic consumer goods and they never give up hope that better days are ahead for their children and grandchildren. They are the ones who almost always play the hand they are dealt. The decision makers owe them a fair shake.
People tell you that if you study and work hard, there's a chance you can make things better for yourself and your family. A lot of poor people do just that. They don't sit around waiting for gifts and free stuff and they take a lot of jobs that will never make them rich.
Most poor people love their country. Many of them sign up for the opportunity to defend it. If you've never been to a boot camp graduation ceremony, you really haven't met the people who believe in America the most.
They are ordinary people who use their free time to prepare for more opportunities. They take care of their parents, their children and their grandchildren. Then they go to their churches ans their synagogues and temples and thank God for the basics.We're not talking about luxuries here. We're talking about good health, shelter and food, and maybe a little extra for some ice cream, or a beer and a couple of dances at a neighborhood bar or sawdust covered, wood floor honkey-tonk, off the county road.
They are also the people who show up with a shovel, a mop and gallon of bleach when a neighbor's home floods or the sewer backs up. They smile and volunteer their time and their limited resources to help out in their communities. What they lack in money, they make up for with warm smiles and sincere desires that every nickel they help raise can help solve a problem for a family up against it.
People like that don't really have a lot of time to envy those fortunate to have a little or a lot more. They have entirely too much to do than to worry about who is rich and who is not. And they really are too busy trying to stay focused on life and living their faith to hate or blame anyone branded with responsibility for what's wrong with the country.
The term "politics of envy" being thrown around like that is someone's reality. I think to dismiss the wants and needs of people who have struggled to help theiir family's survive the worst economic downturn in 70 years is just cold and heartless. People want the best for their children. Many want to give their young adults reasons to hope for a better future.
While the one percent don't make the country work, it's these people, the ones with the pimples, the bad teeth, the worn shoes and good hearts, that keep faith in America. They fill the military's ranks, they spend most of their money on basic consumer goods and they never give up hope that better days are ahead for their children and grandchildren. They are the ones who almost always play the hand they are dealt. The decision makers owe them a fair shake.
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