"Moorenomics!"

General Motors, Union Carbide, Exxon, Ford Motors and Chrysler Corporation are just a tiny number of the businesses that employ people across America and the rest of the world. Most of the workers in America are employed by "smaller" businesses than the ones above, yet, if you ask most of the workers in those small businesses, they would say their owners are "rich". Wealth is a perception that is different in each person's eyes. One of the great things about living in America is that you can "take a shot"; we each have the option to try something on our own, to dip our feet into the "free market". Some people risk all they have in order to pursue their dreams; some fail, and some succeed; that's business. When they succeed, they help all those who "came along for the ride"; stock holders, banks and employees are all benefited by a successful business. The more those businesses make, the more they reinvest; they want to grow. When those companies grow, they employ more people, who in turn, pay more tax and spend more money, and thus grow our economy. Economics 101, common sense, easy to understand, don't you think? The money those owners invested in the beginning was all their risk, the profits that they realized are theirs and not any other person's to take, except for legal taxes and tariffs. If your neighbor walked over to your house after you sold it and asked for a portion of the sales money, what would you tell him? My guess is you would say something like "This is my money, not yours, I earned it, and you didn't!" You would be correct in your statement. Outside of legal deductions, we should get to keep what we make; sorry for those who weren't ambitious enough or daring enough to try to make more, that is not the fault of those who tried. They owe you nothing!

Michael Moore, a very rich man by almost anybodies standards, has made some interesting remarks recently. Mr. Moore said "They're (rich people) sitting on the money, they're using it for their own (duh)...they're putting it someplace else with no interest in helping you with our life, with that money. We've allowed them to take that. That is not theirs, that's a natural resource, that's ours. We all have this (money), we all benefit from this (money) or we all suffer as a result of not having it." I don't remember Mr. Moore sending funds to any person from the sizable income he has acquired from his participation in the free market system. If he wishes to do so, he is perfectly welcome to do that; in this country you can give away as much as you want to! The last time I checked, money is not a "natural resource" although my Mom said to "go out in the yard and shake the money tree", I have yet to find that species of tree! Money is earned, not found; it takes effort and risk to create wealth; it belongs to those who put forth that effort and took that risk. Mr. Moore needs to check to see who is paying the most toward running our republic; it's the "rich folks", Michael! They pay enough already; it's important that the general public knows this! Their money belongs to them; the government will only throw it away on unproductive spending projects. The government never contributes to the Gross National Product; it makes nothing of economic value; it is money lost! Michael, why don't you give away all of your money if that is what makes you happy; let the rest of America decide for themselves where they want their money to go; it's called "individual choice!"