Going to the Dogs

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Going to the Dogs
By David Glenn Cox
OpEdNews Op Eds 7/23/2014 at 06:49:43

Aldous Huxley wrote: "To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." Mark Twain wrote: "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man." But what, of the would-be Napoleon? What of the bumbling, prosperous fellow, lost in the fog of his own affluenza?

Let me set this straight from the beginning: there is a fundamental difference between the average American's life and a wealthy American's life. If the average American wants a new car or a lake house, they would save, sometimes for years, and dream of the possibilities. In their minds, they've lived there for years before ever making the down payment. If you're wealthy and you want something, you just buy it. The time-lapse between desire and fulfillment becomes dangerously distorted. To those who can buy everything they want, it becomes: why can't I have whatever I want?

The subject of entitlements has become all the rage in Washington, but one side of the street remains uninvestigated. If, as the Supreme Court declares, money equals free speech, then free speech begins and ends with a dollar sign. Freedom becomes quantified; those with money have more freedom and those of us with less money, have less freedom.

Mark Greenberg is a New York Real Estate mogul and would-be Republican Congressman from Connecticut, only he can't get elected. He first ran in 2010, then in 2012, and then announced this year's campaign, just five weeks after the polls closed. Admittedly, it's not easy running red in a blue state, but it's easier to push your way to the front of the line in a small party, especially when you have deep pockets and can fund your own candidacy. How deep? Greenberg owns 25 buildings in New York City, plus interests in 34 companies, both here and abroad. It's safe to say, Mr. Greenberg has bus fare and could fund these campaigns long after the comedy becomes tragic.