ALL MEN ARE CREATED...

Dick Butus played college football at 6'3” 230 pounds. I played college football at 6'3' 230 pounds. After college Butkus went to the NFL and made big money. I went into the army and made little money.

 I realize now, after listening to our President over these last years, that this is unfair. In the President's Liberal world view money should have been taken from Butkus (the 1% of football players) and given to Lt. Payne (the 99% of football players) because apparently the considerable difference in skills does not enter into the administration's fairness equation.

 All men are created equal, is true, but from the second after creation we begin to differentiate ourselves.

 Yes, there is wide gap between the CEO and the janitor, and what the “Occupy” type folks concentrate on is the pay gap. I'll bet the gap between janitor and CEO is considerably more than pay. What choices did the janitor make in high school, if he went at all?

 Does dropping out of school to buy an old truck and begin hot pursuit of Sally Mae override the choice of staying in school, maybe working part time to provide what's necessary to pursue excellence in what ever career (not job) his passion drives him. (Tell me you don't believe that increasing the minimum wage to a “living wage,” won't make dropping out and the old truck and Sally Mae both possible and more desirable.)

 It seems our government speaks with forked tongue. Liberals pushing for higher and higher minimum wages makes it easier for our kids to drop out. Once they are out and don't have the skills needed in today's environment, they get fired. Then we give them 99 weeks of unemployment as a reward for not working. Then we wonder why our kids don't have a work ethic and why Kim Wang Haun's family has all of our jobs.

 A couple of big chain restaurants, I've read about recently, by next year will be going to computer pads on each table so that customers can click their way to a meal. One of the downsides of a hefty minimum wage is that it makes pursuing technology and eliminating all the government-imposed hassle of working with live people, much more financially desirable for those who hire. This, of course, eliminates the waitress job, but does create another computer nerd job. We will have plenty of high tech jobs in the years to come, but because of government “help,” we will be flush with high school drops outs in old pick up trucks to fill them.

  There is an old saying, “We can lower the bridge or raise the river.” Why do one of our political parties make the first thrust towards equality reducing the rewards of those who have put in the blood, sweat, and tears to accumulate wealth, and just give eloquent lip service to raising up those are willing to do what is necessary to pull themselves up?

 It seems counter productive for our government to implement a system that rewards not working, while at the same time the President is saying in every presidential speech that jobs are his administration's number one focus. How can jobs get created when the administration lobbies, or outright bypasses, Congress to require high wages for low-skilled workers and almost two years pay for not having a job. To cap off the folly, they pressure for open immigration to flood the workforce with more high paid, low skilled workers, thus inflating the “99%.” Then representatives of the current administration make inflammatory speeches about the evil “income inequality,” which their policies created!

 Dick Butkus and I had the same physical attributes, mentally not so much. I was not willing to do the things Butkus was willing to do (like get hurt). Why would I ever believe I deserved what he got? I never would, but in those days I didn't have a government telling me I did.