[graciegirl]

I have never heard this before moving here. As if achieving financial success is a bad thing.

Stealing from people is bad, but not working hard and risking your own money to gain success in business and employing people who you care about. I know of five people who would not retire and join their wives full time here because doing so would cause the people who worked for them to lose their jobs..

It simply is not true what some think. Not all financially successful people are bad or any different than anyone else. There are selfish ones and good ones, but not lazy ones for sure.

Not that I think I am one of the wealthy. Well I am, I have Sweetie and Helene. I have everything I want in this world. I do not begrudge anyone their financial success. I know it is the haves that keep the economy alive and their taxes pay a lot of welfare.

I now know what class envy is. We should all be proud of our independence and look with pride on what we have accomplished, taking care of ourselves and our own families.

The person who should take care of us, is we ourselves. The government shouldn't be our mother.

Envy is an awful thing and money does not keep illness or death or sorrow from happening. I have found that most of us have about an equal share of sad and awful things happen in our lives, no matter how we plan or what we do.