The foundation of my thinking was that those individuals
who make the greatest contribution to their field should reap the greatest
returns in terms of power, leadership and of course financial reward. The other premise is that there needed to be
a shift in what was considered a rewarding industry. For example, actors can make millions of
dollars for entertaining American children, while teachers make tens of
thousands for teaching them. Business
leaders make millions or even billions of dollars while scientists make a
fraction of that.
As a corollary thought, those who made the least
contribution should not expect to receive much beyond basic sustenance. America was founded on hard work, initiative
and honesty and these types of efforts would gain reward in the immediate
future. However, those who chose to do
very little or thought that life owed them a living were soon to find out that
America owed them nothing.
My goal was never, nor will it ever be, to dictate the
income, power or leadership that any individual could attain, but rather to
have society at large play a greater role in determining what roles are worthy
of substantive financial rewards, and which are not. Just to make a simple argument, does a
baseball player deserve to make five million dollars while a fireman makes fifty
thousand dollars? Many Americans of
course who believe in complete freedom say yes due to their belief in freedom
and the free market. Many people will
find it hard to comprehend that I agree with these principles as well. What I set out to do though, was to have the
market and society change the definition of freedom to personal responsibility
and have a free market where ethics, values and contribution were considered
the most valuable characteristics of successful people.
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