Wealth Taxes: A Confusing Signal to Entrepreneurs?
A growing segment of our population doesn’t seem to believe that entrepreneurial success is beneficial to society.
That seems like an odd statement. Many politicians and elected officials espouse an affinity for success. Again and again, in speech after speech, we hear their promises to do all in their power to support and strengthen the concept of innovation and personal success. But do they?
Do our politicians really believe that hard work, self-sacrifice, personal responsibility, dedication to one’s goals, and an individual’s entitlement to the fruits of that effort, in short— the achievement of entrepreneurial success—is beneficial to them? Is success to be admired, or do our elected officials believe success is an out-of-date concept? Even worse, do our elected officials believe that individual entrepreneurial success is a threat to the collective power of government, and consequently something which must be restrained, confined, or —even punished?