I have a question for all of the right-wingers regarding 'entrepreneurs'...
...and the 'freedom' to better oneself.
Let me see if I have this straight - most modern day conservatives seem to think that the be-all, end-all answer to the poor and middle class' over-arching financial problems is for one to 'take that chance, start that business!'. In other words, if you are not able to pay your bills, you have the 'freedom' to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and become a business owner and rise above it all!.......yay!
Let me offer this slightly implausible, but illustrative, scenario.
A person who has worked for a successful restaurant for a number of years decides that he/she has risen about as high in the ranks as one can go at this particular establishment, and is still not where they want to be 'financially'. He/she decides that, even though they, themselves, are not a chef, they still have the business acumen and hands-on know how, from years at the present eatery, to open their own place. They draw up their business model, somehow find the backing capital, and hire the ten to twelve people they feel they will need to flesh out their staff....and, in our little scenario, the restaurant is a success, and all are happy! Bingo!, the republican model for true happiness has proven to be a reality for our hypothetical entrepreneur.
There is only one problem with this republican poor/middle class financial panacea......
...what if, by chance, EVERYBODY who worked with our erstwhile 'risk-taker' (say, fifteen people) ALSO wanted to 'better their situation'?
No problem, say our right-wing dreamers, they are ALL 'free' to pursue the 'American Dream', and open THEIR own businesses!
And here is my question.......if the only way to succeed in modern day America is to be a person who has 'dreamed that dream; taken that risk; gone out and clawed, and dug, and scrapped and opened their own business',......
...who's going to work for YOU?
...and what if THEY want to move up?
...what if THEY want a little more out of life than constant worries about paying the rent or utilities or having enough money to send their kids to decent schools or getting them adequate health care?
Not EVERYONE in this country can be a business owner.
There HAVE to be those who are willing to do the 'dirty work'.There always has been, and there always will be. This country was built by these people. They are intellectually gifted, or of average intelligence. They are religious or secular in their beliefs. They are young or old, male or female, and from a wide background of cultures and ethnic diversity. They are Americans. They are mostly good, hard-working, sincere people.
When do we acknowledge the average American workers who are the backbone of this country's very existence,.....and let THEM share in the 'dream'?
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