The West Wing of all things has inspired me...

The Bravo network seems to incessantly play the silly show the West Wing. I somehow ran across it while flipping and dipping through the stations. In one of those rare occasions where I land on a station and my mind wanders, I found myself viewing this ridiculous yarn. Martin Sheen was acting as if channeling Bubba from a far off place. In the few minutes I watched, three actors playing some type of white house counsels were pushing for the president to veto an act that would repeal the inheritance tax, or estate tax. Ol' Marty was espousing his views about the general public and how they would react to his veto. Loosely quoted Sheen, acting as president, said, "That's what's wrong with the American dream, too many people waiting for the day they expect to be rich". Now I know you may rhetorically ask, "Why is anyone watching the West Wing anyway?" But, I am actually glad I did because it gave me a glimpse at the negativity that is pervasive in the democrat party. What is the American dream but that, an expectation of one day being rich. Working hard, trying likewise, doing all you can to achieve the most that you can. The left seems to think that no one moves up, no one gets rich on their own, no one actually is achieving what Horatio Alger was trying have everyone believe in. So, the left wants to place as many road blocks anyway, and punish those who have somehow miraculously achieved the American Dream. If a millionaire is a person who has, then 7.5 million of our fellow Americans have. That is a gain of 21% in one year. And if anyone thinks that is still a small number in relation to the entire population, those millionaires account for almsot 35% of our population. If anyone cares that is approximately 3.5 times the poverty rate in the U.S. So much for the American dream, huh?