August 3, 2004
SPREADING THE MISERY
Weapons of class warfare (August 2, 2004, Jack Kemp via Townhall.com)
I was glad to hear Sen. John Kerry quote Abraham Lincoln as he accepted the Democratic nomination, but he did not read Lincoln far enough. Lincoln famously said, "I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good." He continued, "When one starts poor, as most do in the race of life, free society is such that he knows he can better his condition; he knows there is no fixed condition of labor for his whole life." This is what Lincoln called the True American System. The rhetoric reverberating from the halls of the FleetCenter, however, was far less optimistic, far less edifying and certainly not consistent with the dynamic American system envisioned by Lincoln.[....] You can't get rich on wages. The only way to get rich is to earn, save and invest.
Or marry cake.
Posted by John Resnick at August 3, 2004 4:40 PMComments
Although, of course, one can get rich "on wages", at least in America.
All that one must do, is always spend less than one earns.
A simple concept; devilishly difficult to apply.
However, there are those who manage to do it, and shame the rest of us.
Even people who hold menial, low-paying jobs their entire lives sometimes manage to do it.
Indeed, that is the ever-so-elusive essence of Save.
Posted by: John Resnick at August 3, 2004 5:37 PMGuys, that pun is getting a little too hard to resist.
Posted by: Chris at August 3, 2004 9:04 PMChris: Fire away. Puns are the lowest form of humor . . . so, have at it.
Posted by: John Resnick at August 3, 2004 9:57 PM