Rob Thy Neighbor

By Dave Squires, Co-author of The Ungettable Joke



Perhaps
you know someone, a neighbor or family member, who truly started with
nothing in his life. Brought up in a poor, maybe broken, family
this person had no head starts, no family business to work in, and no
inheritance. He had only himself, his dreams, his determination, his
faith that God had a plan for him, and a conviction that hard work would make him
useful in God's plan.



After working his way through college, largely on his own, this guy began to build a life, probably losing
sleep, working long hours for years while he built a career, paying his
taxes, helping whom he could along the way, buying a house and
remodeling it, and raising a family. After 20-30 years or so, maybe this
person has reached a point where he is ready to build a bigger business,
he might invest in something new, he might just want to take his family
on a vacation.



Now, he is told by people who have yet
to do anything with their God given abilities, that he must give up all
he has built; give it to those who have squandered their time, talents,
and treasure on idleness and frivolity. They say "he can afford it". Can
he? After already giving
his whole life to building a home and security for his wife and children, building retirement savings, can he afford to
start over, just so lazy, greedy people can have an easy life?



Through one immoral act, the do-nothings want to steal
the rewards of a life of effort and sacrifice. The Occupy Wall Street
people want everything for free. They call this "wild futuristic
thinking". I call it government-backed theft. Will these oh-so-superior
futuristic thinkers hold a gun to the head of the hard working man and
steal his life's work? Or will they simply shoot first and steal latter?
Having most of their lives in front of them, isn't it really they who
can "afford" to invest themselves in productive activity? ...and where
is the true leadership to point them in the right direction?



By Dave Squires, Co-author of The Ungettable Joke

Copyright, Dave Squires, Co-author of The Ungettable Joke ( http://www.ungettablejoke.com )