I have to admit that I want our former boss to fail.  He is OCD and driven.   He tries very hard to treat all the people who work for him fairly but in the end it is his business and fancy vacations that he values most.  I wish for his fancy empire to crumble and I drove by the old building tonight to see how it was doing.  It is flourishing.  He is making lots of money.

  He started in his garage and then moved to a basement.  We helped him move into this new building which he spent a million dollars renovating.  He is so proud.  We watched him try to figure out where to put a chair in his office.  He moved it all around and finally left it where it was.  We watched him give attention to all the details.  He and his wife want no kids and all his energy goes to his business.  He is successful.  His wife is a lawyer who can afford to donate her service to homeless women's center.  You would think they had it all.   They do.

     It seems that there is a reason some people do well.  They dedicate their lives to being correct.  In this reasoning I am a failure because I do not have a successful way to make money.  I am very glad I am not the kind of person who is so entrenched in business.  But I really can't judge him.  Rich people are just human......right?

      He is a job creator.   Am I jealous?  Maybe.  It scares me that I do not have any money.  My mother has some money so that helps ease the pressure but it is also a thing that tears the two of us apart.  She pitys me and I hate that.  

      I just don't know what to do with Rich People.  They annoy me.  I am listening to Bill Moyers.  He has the most interesting guests on.  They are intelligent and articulate.  I listen to Johnathan Hyde and Bill discuss the Republicans this week and I just do not understand how anyone could be a conservative Republican.  How rich does a person have to be?   

       It is the story of the ant of the grasshopper.  The grasshopper is out of luck.  The ant doesn't want to help him.  I like the social contract to help people.  I think this rich person that I know in his fancy building trys to help. I can see the way he has built an empire here and works very hard for his vision.  He has rented out the spaces in his building to a Senior Center and several other little offices.  There is no reason for me not to trust him or demonize him.  

       I just feel that if all people are not doing ok we will all suffer.  Saul Alinsky was a radical who believed that people needed rights and opportunity.  Bill Moyers is talking about how the fight for basic human rights is important and Alinsky was not evil like Newt was saying.   He was fighting for the people.  That is what I like to do.  If other people want to make money and spend it then I guess they can do that but I am glad I am not one of the monied class.  I would be a terrible rich person.  I would give it all away.

   This is where I am comfortable.  It is a little hundred year old house where the Alzheimer Center is located.  Oh there is a fancy doctor's wife who runs the place as her husband was a pioneer in the study of that terrible disease and knew there was a need for a place like this.  There is a  very fancy administration building across the street which runs the other two centers too.  We almost went under a few years ago but we are back now.  The economy is coming back.  

   My mom says that since she was little she has seen things go up and down frequently.  It always comes back up.   The rich are going to get even richer and and corporations are going to get even bigger.  People who survive and prosper in business are going to need to be very alert and smart to all the aspects of running a successful business.  It is not easy.  My hat goes off to a good business man.  But I could never love one.  Go figure.