http://egbertowillies.com/2013/07/21/middle-class-must-assert-its-worth-to-assure-their-share-of-americas-wealth/
It is time for the middle class to stop accepting crumbs for their
labor and innovation. It is time for the middle class to demand, not
ask, for programs that recover ill-gotten gains from a system that by
design penalizes work and glorifies capital.
Scientists research a subject or natural phenomenon in detail.
Engineers use the body of work and research done by various scientists
to come up with useful products for us all. Doctors in partnership with
scientists and engineers effect the development of tools and medicines
in order to provide a service, healing. Businesses employ citizens and
sell products and services to citizens. Citizens deposit their savings
in banks who lend it out to businesses at fair interest rates that allow
the banker and staff a good wage and depositors a fair return on their
deposits.
The above is a simplistic view of what free enterprise should look
like. Purposely left out are two specific professions, teachers (from
elementary school teachers to university professors) and the movers of
capital (investment bankers, corporate raiders, etc.).
Without a doubt the most important profession in the world is in fact
teaching. All the professions listed above were the result of teachers
moving knowledge to the next generation. The movers of capital however
can only be considered a parasitic venture.
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