How the Rich Can Stay Rich

It occurred to me in the shower this morning, that it's really stupid for the ruling class of America (i.e the super-filthy-über rich people running this country from behind the curtains of Congress), to not embrace (a) alternative fuel technologies, (b) socialized medicine, and (c) any other topic fought over by the liberals.

Here's why: throw the people in this country who work their asses off to make a decent living a bone now and then and they'll never complain. They'll never start to ask questions about why we're still in Iraq, if 9/11 really was an inside job, if Bush should be impeached, if tax cuts are for the rich only, etc. because they've got everything they want. What else could they be asking for?

Keep the lower and middle classes happy by giving them the basic needs to live a half-way decent life and they won't have any interest in changing the status quo of you exploiting them for money.

Alternative Fuel Technologies

This is, of course, only one example. But if we were to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, we wouldn't be fighting a war in the Middle East with the very suppliers of this oh-so precious fluid. We wouldn't be wasting what we all know is a finite resource (regardless of how long it will continue to last). And more importantly: by ensuring that we are using renewable energy sources, the rich will have more time to get richer! That's right!

Since the rich get rich because of oil in some way or another, they won't get richer once the oil runs out. Once we start depending on renewable energy sources, we will essentially have bought the rich an infinite amount of time to become richer.

See that, Mr. Rich-Guy? Solar power is good for your wallet!

Socialized Medicine

So you make money through an insurance company. Cool, good for you. But this also means that you are getting rich because someone else is getting sick. Not so nice. The result: people start to get angry.

But socialized medicine is bad! It's what the commies are doing!

First of all, socialized medicine is here already. Medicare and Medicaid are both social programs and the military essentially also uses socialized medicine for both active duty personnel and veterans. So all we need to do is tell everyone else about it, change the stigma, and voila! Patients won't be complaining once socialized medicine is in place because they'll be healthier and, therefore, happier.

So how does that make you money? It's long been proved that happier and healthier employees bring in higher profits for the companies they work for. And since you're in charge of those companies, isn't that exactly what you want?