How Much Is Enough

By Semperpapa

And that is the way it is going to be. Referring to Wall Street, President Obama said:

"Now, what we’re doing, I want to be clear, we’re not trying to push
financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do
think at a certain point you've made enough money."

In the spirit of the freedoms our Founders fought for, and countless Americans paid with their lives for, and those carrying the scars of war, the President is explaining his “vision” for America aver and over again.
He, and his liberal progressive minions, feel they are the harbingers of every aspect of the American people’s lives. And the sad, disheartening part is that many Americans do not see anything wrong with this approach.

Redistribution of wealth, cap on wealth accumulation appears to be an accepted policy on the part of those Americans who are comfortable with a totalitarian regime that targets someone else.
As long as these policies are reserved to the “rich”, they are all in favor. The progressive movement has succeeded in brainwashing the ignorant masses of followers into believing that accumulation of wealth is evil and deserving of destruction. And this view is not just reserved for those who accomplish comfortable living due to illegal, criminal actions (which would include just about every politician in power), but also for those who achieve financial wealth due to hard work.
In fact, the means by which a business owner or corporation has been successful does not even enter the topic of discussion: if it is successful, must be crooked!

But where does it stop? Would the engineer be happy with the government placing a cap on his or her salary? Would the nurse or the factory worker or truck driver? My guess is that every member of the work force would be put off by a limit imposed by the politicians on what compensation he/she receives. Such arbitrary limitations would nullify any motivation to improve one’s performance in the hope for a higher retribution.
My guess is that almost every member of the work force would not be too happy with such governmental control, and yet many are all in favor to allow the government to do just that on CEOs and Doctors and Business owners.

De-motivating employees by regulating compensation creates a work force that has no incentive in improvement, eliminating creativity and innovation, which have been the greatest differences between the United States and the rest of the world. Eliminate incentive and what you have is a Communist regime.

Just my thoughts.