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I know going into this I& #39;m going to sound like I& #39;m bragging and singing my own praises. That& #39;s not my intention, so bear with me.
I have a guy who works for me part-time. When he has to take a day off because he is sick or needs vacation, I pay him. He has been surprised that I would. I am surprised that he is surprised.
He is rather indispensiable to me in what he does. I& #39;d like to keep him even if I cannot afford to pay him full time. I don& #39;t take a salary for what I& #39;m doing in my self-owned morning radio show. There& #39;s not enough revenue after I pay expenses, etc.
When we had a lady cleaning our house once a week to help my wife, we paid her a bit more than she expected and we paid her at times when she could work, but we weren& #39;t able to have her come because we were sick, etc.
So I& #39;m mentioning all this to a friend yesterday and his response was that I& #39;d have more money in my pocket if I stopped doing stuff like this. And I suspect a lot of people have that reaction.
And that, my friends, is why we have a bunch of people who want the government to redistribute wealth. Some people aren& #39;t in a position to do it. I get that and don& #39;t have a problem.
But when we& #39;re looking at ourselves and thinking I could have more if they have less, I think we have "love they neighbor" problem. I don& #39;t think the government should redistribute wealth or raise taxes on the rich.
I do think each of us should be less concerned with our materialism and more concerned with taking care of others so the government and our taxes don& #39;t have to.
Again, I know it sounds bragging and self-serving. I get that. But I really am kinda perplexed at the behavior of some well off people who see themselves as well off in large part by nickel and diming others. That wasn& #39;t the way I was raised.
