It is agreed that “the end of all government is the good and ease of the people, in a secure enjoyment of their rights, without oppression;” but it must be remembered, that the rich are people as well as the poor; that they have rights as well as others; that they have as clear and as sacred a right to their large property as others have to theirs which is smaller; that oppression to them is as possible and as wicked as to others; that stealing, robbing, cheating, are the same crimes and sins, whether committed against them or others.
- John Adams, Defense of the Constitution, 1787
Oddly relevant some two hundred, twenty-two years later – don’t you think? What remains to be seen is whether or not our remaining branches of government, the Senate and Executive branch will fall victim to the same mob rule mentality that has overtaken the sanctity of thought in the House.
And for what it’s worth – I’m hardly rich, but sure would like to be one day, not matter how unlikely. That is unless the government is going to confiscate ninety percent of my efforts. At which point, why bother. And I again point you to Ayn Rand’s warnings.
