With the passing of Ted Kennedy, I examined my feelings about him and those of his ilk; namely the ones born rich and their need to perform public service.
There is a quotation in Luke 12:48 where Jesus says “From those to whom much is given, much is demanded (expected)”. This quote was recently used by Bill Gates of Microsoft and probably is a guiding principle for many individuals with great amounts of wealth.
Kennedy family members are very involved in charities and charitable organizations that help the less privileged as do other families of wealth but here I am talking about Ted Kennedy the politician.
What I didn’t like about the man is his rabid socialism. Not because I just disagree with the political and economic theory, but because here was this man born with a silver spoon in his mouth with no financial worries ever, spending my hard earned money.
Of course I am talking about taxpayer’s money which he threw around at various social programs without a thought as to whether I could afford to part with my money so easily. Margaret Thatcher once said that the problem with socialism is that eventually it runs out of OTHER people’s money – my point exactly.
I do not doubt that Ted Kennedy honestly cared about the less fortunate, I just would have preferred he use more of his own money to care for them instead of mine and I am talking about people like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Andrew Carnegie and many, many others, who used and continue to use their own great wealth for public good.
There is a quotation in Luke 12:48 where Jesus says “From those to whom much is given, much is demanded (expected)”. This quote was recently used by Bill Gates of Microsoft and probably is a guiding principle for many individuals with great amounts of wealth.
Kennedy family members are very involved in charities and charitable organizations that help the less privileged as do other families of wealth but here I am talking about Ted Kennedy the politician.
What I didn’t like about the man is his rabid socialism. Not because I just disagree with the political and economic theory, but because here was this man born with a silver spoon in his mouth with no financial worries ever, spending my hard earned money.
Of course I am talking about taxpayer’s money which he threw around at various social programs without a thought as to whether I could afford to part with my money so easily. Margaret Thatcher once said that the problem with socialism is that eventually it runs out of OTHER people’s money – my point exactly.
I do not doubt that Ted Kennedy honestly cared about the less fortunate, I just would have preferred he use more of his own money to care for them instead of mine and I am talking about people like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Andrew Carnegie and many, many others, who used and continue to use their own great wealth for public good.
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