The Creed of the One Percent [View all]

[Tom Rinaldo]

You pay high taxes - so we don't have to.

You enlist in the military to protect our far flung investments - so we don't need to.

You work hard to increase your work productivity - so we can employ fewer of you

You think sports stars deserve up to-8 figure salaries - so our compensation packages seem warranted and fairly normal.

You want to become filthy rich someday too - which leaves us nothing to apologize for.

You worry that the poor get too many handouts for their own good - so we have a common cause.

You rarely question if the U.S. system is really always best - so we don't have to prove that it is when it isn't.

You think that the candidates that we buy are still your own - so we frequently win by default.

You are willing to blame people weaker than yourself for your problems - so we gladly point them out to you

You feel powerless to change things - and we are pleased to have you feel that way.