Lead, Follow, or GET OUT OF THE WAY!

"The source of public fear and outrage is not only the 61 percent of Americans who own stocks, many of whom just saw much of their wealth evaporate. It is also the small businesses with razor-thin margins that just saw their input prices explode, and the consumers still recovering from the last round of inflation and fearful of the next..."

"When we refer to the American desire to get rich, we are not thinking just of insatiable one-percenters collecting second, third, and fourth homes. Most Americans care deeply about building wealth: Roughly 79 percent describe their money as 'extremely' or 'very' important to them. Eighty-four percent say there’s 'nothing wrong' with trying to make as much money as possible, while 60 percent believe that 'most rich people earned their wealth.' American parents put a far greater weight on their children being 'financially independent' and having an enjoyable career than they do on those children getting married or having children themselves."

"The desire to earn manifests in many admirable ways...the slow but steady accumulation of wealth is part of a noble purpose. You can even think, in fact, of the one-percenters—analysis of the sources of their wealth finds that roughly 46 percent of it derives from business-related income, far more than the 26 percent coming from passive fixed-income-generating assets."

"Such aspirations are nothing to be ashamed of; they’re fundamental to what makes America America..."

"...we now have two major parties infected by the gospel of no-wealth. Both parties embrace, in Klein and Thompson’s phrasing, a 'scarcity' mindset rather than an 'abundance' mindset. The result? Trillions of dollars lost in a matter of days."

"This is a mistake—and an opportunity. The party that becomes unabashedly, unapologetically pro-wealth-creation will position itself to capture the broad American middle that wants to get rich. That’s a coalition at least as durable as either party’s currently is..."

"...such a party would not apologize for its belief in wealth; it would not shy away from the view that 'greed is good.' Instead, it would forthrightly defend the idea that hard work, entrepreneurialism, and the profit motive are central to what makes our nation the greatest on Earth":

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-tariffs-supporters/682370