Fair Share or Free Ride - The Wealth Debate That Won’t Die in America

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Welcome to the United States of America — the nation built on hard work, personal responsibility, and the crazy belief that what you earn, you should keep.

But somewhere along the way, that idea started to sound… selfish.

Today, we’re watching politicians — mostly from the big-government, globalist crowd — repackage handouts as fairness, dependency as compassion, and tax hikes as patriotism. And if you raise your hand and say, “Hey, shouldn’t people earn their way?” — they’ll call you heartless, privileged, or worse, a capitalist.

So now, in the name of “equity,” we tax the successful — not just the elite manipulators, but the actual builders, the doers, the small business owner who risked everything. And then we redistribute that wealth to anyone who can prove they’re having a rough time — no matter how they got there.

And we call it progress.

Only in modern America can you:

Work two jobs and be told you're part of the problem.

Build wealth and be told you didn’t do it alone.

Pay for your degree and be told you're selfish for wanting others to do the same.

We’ve entered an era where student loan contracts apparently have expiration dates — just elect the right politician, and poof — responsibility gone. No need to budget - No need to sacrifice - No need to think before you borrow six figures for a degree in interpretive dolphin psychology.

And don’t get started on food stamps. If you dare to say, “Maybe we should tighten the rules,” you're accused of wanting children to starve. Meanwhile, there are folks buying steak and lobster while working taxpayers eat ramen to make ends meet.

Want affordable healthcare - Great - But don’t tell me I need to subsidize unlimited access for everyone else while my premiums go up 300% because I followed the rules and bought insurance.

This isn’t about compassion anymore. It’s about control. Top-down governance, dressed up as kindness.

And the worst part - This creeping ideology didn’t come from some Cold War villain or Marxist cell. It came from within — from elected officials and unelected bureaucrats who talk about global cooperation, shared responsibility, and reimagining capitalism. You know, the kind of language that sounds inspiring until you realize it means giving up what’s yours for someone else’s agenda.

Look no further than New York City, where the leading Democratic candidate for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is literally campaigning on:

Redistributing wealth through massive new taxes,

Abolishing law and order as we know it by gutting the NYPD,

Turning grocery stores into government-run food chains, and

Promising free everything — paid for by, well, you.

That’s not reform. That’s theft with paperwork.

It’s not socialism. It’s not capitalism. It’s a weird hybrid — call it globalized selective socialism — where the rules only apply when they benefit the right group.

They say, "Pay your fair share."

We say, "We already did."

They say, "You didn’t build that."

We say, "Wanna bet?"

They say, "We're all in this together."

We say, "Then start pulling your weight."

In America, success used to be something to aspire to. Now it’s something to apologize for.

And somehow, we're supposed to believe that the same government that can’t fix a pothole without a 3-year study and a $600,000 consultant report is going to solve inequality by taxing the very people who still believe in working for what they have?

No thanks - We don’t need more redistribution. We need a reboot — back to the basics.

Hard work - Real opportunity - Personal accountability - And government that protects freedom, not feelings.

So the next time someone talks about "fairness," ask them this:

“Fair to who — the person who earned it, or the one who expects it?”

Because in the end, there are only two choices:

A nation of earners, builders, and doers, Or a nation of dependents, waiting for another bailout, another write-off, another free ride.

Stay safe, stay secure and realize that history is pretty clear which one survives if you do your civic duty and cast your vote.

(AI was used to aid in the creation of this article.)

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