Enough Money? The Tyranny of Greed and Envy

SEE HERE One of the problems with President Obama's comment that "at some point you've made enough money" is that it shows a shallow, indeed an arrogant and vacuous, understanding of what money actually is. Money is simply a certificate that testifies to a debt society owes you for the work you have done. It is a promissory note saying in effect, "You've done thus much for society and therefore society will give you the equivalent in goods and services in return." There is a distinction between deserved and undeserved money I suppose, although only God is wise enough and informed enough to make such a determination. Those that cheat others and are rewarded with money are simply absconding with the evidence of a debt owed to those they cheated. No doubt there are lots of rotters out there doing such things. But that doesn't change the general principle.
So when the President says you've made enough money, what he's saying is that you've contributed enough to society and you can stop. (Of course that's not what he really means.) What he really means is that you can keep contributing but we'll take away from you the sign of the debt owed by society to you and apply it elsewhere. Of course that doesn't work. Who continues to contribute when even the recognition of his contribution is withdrawn? Saints perhaps, but there are few enough of them and they were laboring without remuneration before the brouhaha began.
This president is pretty clueless and I think that is probably due to the fact that it's hard to find an occasion when he held a real producing job. You tend to see the world through eyes informed by your own previous experience. In the case of Barack Obama that previous experience is pretty tenuous. Community organizing seems pretty much a job involving exhortation of people, i.e. talking a lot. He's a very smooth talker. It's less clear that he's much of a worker. He's more of a schmoozer, getting others to do the work for him. I wouldn't run down that talent. It's a good one to have, but it's better when it is informed by a knowledge of what is worth doing as opposed to what is not. This president has a serious problem with priorities as Michelle Malkin pointed out in her editorial today. "Wouldn't it be grand if the Obama administration cared more about policing our borders than about policing our refrigerators? How about fixing our deportation system instead of fixing our junk-food diet?" Well Michelle, isn't that a little demanding. Obama can fly in pizza chefs to the White House from St. Louis ( SEE HERE ) so he knows a thing or two about food. On the other hand that probably made it one of the most expensive pizzas ever consumed. I wonder if Obama has "enough money" yet? November Is Coming!