Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Times change, but not all things. We still want to be friends with the rich.

I guess things don’t change much with us through the centuries. We want to be friends with the rich. See, e.g., all the places that want Amazon to come and sit for a while.

The richest person in the world runs Amazon. Every little hamlet pledges to let Amazon come with reduced taxes, utility bills, and everything else. The residents of the hamlet will pay more to curry this favor.

Hmmm, the poor and the “just average folks” will give money to the richest person in the world. I guess that makes sense. We all seem to want the rich to be our friends. There is great potential there, so I perhaps there is some long-term wisdom in play here.

I’m not sure.