Romney and Privilege: Great LTTE in USAToday.

[Brigid]

I couldn't separate this letter from the others, but I'm talking about the first one by retired economics professor Bill Chapman. I was struck by the last sentence: "The carrot attached to the stick only motivates us until we die of starvation."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/letters/story/2012-02-05/wealth-gap-mitt-romney/52974994/1

[calimary]

1. I loved this passage in that first letter:

I have often taught that JFK and I had an equal right to run the race toward success, the only difference is that JFK started his race a yard from the finish line while I started 99 yards away. We had the equal right to run, just never the same chance to win. That, at the bottom line, is what upsets most of us.

A carrot on a stick can motivate us only until we die of starvation.


Also - the second letter is pretty damn great, too.