I'm Sick of the Pseudo-Beggars

I knew it….a week after the headline that Goldman Sachs is paying out $16.5 billion worth of bonuses this year…the jealous shrill is coming from those in the media and those who simply think it isn’t fair. I’m not quite sure that I understand this…what exactly isn’t fair about a corporation paying its employees in the way it sees fit? After all, on average, Goldman Sach’s benefited approximately $500,000 in profits this year per employee (that’s after expenses, paychecks, and taxes)...a figure that is better than 99.9% of the companies in America. So why not pay the employees well? Again, why is everyone outside of Goldman bellyaching? Because they do not work at Goldman….simple as that. The complaints of equity and fairness fall on deaf ears with me…after all America is the land of opportunity and the prospect of vast wealth and success for those willing to work hard is unlimited. This is why millions of people risk life and limb every year to come to the US, because we offer unlimited opportunity. More often than not, the detractors of this are our native citizens who insist on extending a beggar’s hand and loudly trumpeting inequity because they do not get a piece of the pie. Let me offer a simple formula for those God-awful bellyachers out there:

Get an education + Work Hard = Success

It’s not hard….people just want a free lunch or they want to blame others for their short comings. They blame lack of money for an education: BS! There are a million scholarship opportunities out there for less privileged people in addition to student loans that anyone can get…next. They blame poor education facilities in less fortunate neighborhoods…again BS! There are more after school programs, government money, school waivers, and community efforts available for poor students than there are for anyone else in the land. They blame the evil corporations….they should blame themselves for partying too much in high school, hanging out on the corner when they should have been in school. I have no sympathy for people who do not take control of their futures…none. There is no reason in the world why any one of those people who I read and hear complaining about Wall Street bonuses couldn’t be on the receiving end of a $600,000 bonus payout….well there is one: laziness.