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Originally Posted by stealth.pilot
I personally blame Obama for this. He was the first politician to thrive off bashing the rich. What happened to you is what used to happen in Britain when I was growing up. There the labour party riled up people to hate the rich and successful. Many of the best talent left the country (David Beckham, Elton John, but on a more serious note a lot of the brightest students left the country). I came to America because people here used to respect the self-made man and value enterprise.
America in the last 8 years has really developed an anti-wealth, anti-Enterprise culture which is becoming quite pervasive.
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Amen.
I'm happy to report that my two kids don't subscribe to that nonsense. They both are working and planning hard to be successful in the future. So there is hope for the next generation that these anti-wealth attitudes will change. It seems to me that most of the one-percenters are very philanthropic (think Gates and Buffet). Why all the hate? Plain laziness and jealously I suppose.