Let me just say that the occupy Wall Street mentality is a living contradiction. They’re not protesting corporate greed so much as they’re promoting socialism. In so doing they become nothing more than the unwitting pawns of those who would use class warfare to establish a power base for their own greedy motives. So let’s be clear. A person who makes a lot of money doesn’t owe you for making less. If you really want to protest corporate greed then simply refuse to buy their products or use their services. It’s still a free country, barely, and every American has the opportunity to achieve, to succeed, and to make his own way.
At the same time the Bible is clear: It is the Lord who gives the ability to get wealth. The ability to get wealth is no more proportionate than the ability to play the piano or sing. That some people have been endowed by God with a greater capacity than others is evident. In that regard all men are not created equal. The equality spoken of by our founding fathers was an equality of personhood; an equality of freedom and opportunity. It has nothing to do with the equal distribution of wealth. That philosophy would destroy the economy that has done more to serve the poor of this world than any other system in history. Free enterprise and private ownership has been the impetus behind blessing the entire planet. Who reaches out to other countries in times of natural disaster more than America? Who does more to feed those starving in foreign lands? What other country in history has done so much, not just in humanitarian aid, but in sending missionaries to the uttermost part of this world, as America has? This is why I resent so deeply the socialistic philosophy that would cripple and eventually destroy this nation’s ability to bless the world. It’s not an issue of greed, it’s an issue of freedom.
