Free enterprise doesn’t harm the poor

I was reading along and noticed the title, “Rich are profiting from the poor”. I am saddened that people still believe this. In any country where abuses of individual rights are not protected by law, this is absolutely true.

I was reading along and noticed the title, “Rich are profiting from the poor”. I am saddened that people still believe this. In any country where abuses of individual rights are not protected by law, this is absolutely true.

I do not deny that there are corrupt politicians or others in this country who use poor laws and thus government in this way. But, the author is confused about her enemy. Builders are individuals who have chosen to build and create with their own effort and their own property.

Lobbyists are also individuals who have chosen a given issue as their primary focus. If these individuals become rich by their own effort, they have added, they have made their money.

They did not take it from anyone else. It is the best that Capitalism has to offer. Ayn Rand is eloquent on this point.

I am thrilled for all the Kent residents, of any profession, making their own money and thus supporting their own lives in this happy, productive manner.

Rachel Miner

Kent




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