Prometheus was one of the Greek gods responsible for giving the gift of fire to man. In one version of the story man beset vultures on Prometheus so he took back the fire until man took back the vultures.
We see this dynamic again being played out against the backdrop of today's economy.
Man (government) has beset on Prometheus (investors/businessmen) vultures (proposed taxation additional regulations, bad economic policy) so Prometheus has withdrawn his gift. A gift of that provides work, the gift of being able to provide for one's self, take care of your obligations, to provide life.
Do they do it to punish the rest of us, no they do it for their own self preservation. People with money to invest are under no obligation to make investments, they are not required to take risk for the benefit of everyone else. They have their own rights and obligations and we are not their responsibility.
Those that whine and moan about "we don't have a chance" "they have so much they should give us a part" live in fear. They fear that if they take a chance on their own capabilities that they will come up short, that they will find out that the person next to they is better or more capable and that they cannot get as many of the shinning things that we are told that are the measure of one's success and worth as a human being.
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“Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have."--Barry Goldwater
If we give the government the power to confiscate our arms we also give up the ultimate means to combat that corrupt power. In doing so we can only assure that we will eventually be totally subject to it.” —Ronald Reagan
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