The Intelligence of the Ruling Class

I do not care if you are a politician, a Doctor, a Lawyer or some rich and golden CEO, because I want you to remember one friggin little tidbit, when your toilet backs up, you need me. People like to talk about the entitlements given to the poor, to the dregs and the downtrodden of our society but they never seem to talk about the entitlements of the rich, the wealthy, the educated. You know, all those uppity ups that we ditch diggers, we sewer divers, serve.

The first entitlement given to any educated person, is the belief that they are always right, that they know better than the plumber whose ass is hanging out the back of his pants. The second entitlement is that because they spent 4 years in college, they believe they have the right to make more money than the Janitor pushing a broom, sweeping up the shit the educated person just tossed on the floor. The last, and worst entitlement, is that many of the ruling class just feel they are better people, better human beings than all those in the lower end of the financial spectrum.

What I’m really getting at, is the total lack of respect for those people in this Nation, whose lives took a direction that just didn’t give them the opportunity to live the great American dream and are instead working menial but meaningful minimum wage jobs. I always knew the lack of respect existed, this class distinction, but I never believed it widespread until now. Most won’t acknowledge the ugly truth, even to their own selves, their egos would never allow that, but it is there, in all it’s glory.

I do not agree with the Tea party, but I do understand their motivations, what drove some of these people to get up off rotund asses and start following the Limbaughs, Hannitys and the Becks of the world. They’re tired of being treated like second class citizens, tired of being treated like shit.

And they are, and we are!

And the next time someone who makes a couple hundred grand a year tells me that they know what my life is like, I’m going to kick the shit out of ya..., friend or not! I work just as hard as you do, just as long as you do. I don’t have the same access to health care as you do, to the legal system as you do, I don’t get paid to attend conventions or management seminars (Golf outings) and I don’t get to take annual trips to the Caribbean.

I’m too busy unplugging your damn toilet.

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