Let Me Say This

This is in response to this little post. I'm not opposed to helping people. Yes, I'd like to pick the ones I help (who wouldn't like to know where their time and money are going?). The rich get richer and the poor get poorer because too many people think that they can't change. I'd like to imagine that if my house was flooded and everything was gone, I could make something somewhere else and get through. I wouldn't be cursing the government or the rich because I was hungry. I don't know a single wealthy person who would refuse to grant me a meal or even a night in their house. Some folks I know even have a spare house or two I could probably use.

As a small business owner, how am I to respond to that article? I am certainly toward the bottom of that pyramid mentioned, but I like to think I make good decisions based on what I know. It's only my fault that I am where I am, whether I'm at the top or the bottom. Should I make more money and hire someone to pay, or should I just try to make rich people poorer to equalize the social status in my region? I don't get it. What is the purpose of starting my own business if it is so wrong to build wealth and pay poor people to work for me? I probably couldn't find any wealthy people to sit in my shop - I'd rather pay someone who needs the money and wants the experience.

This is all difficult to explain, but I just don't get the point of the article. Maybe it doesn't make a point. It offers no solution. How am I to respond?