Al Gore and the ‘Wicked Project’

IF Al Gore ever gets a campaign bus, he should name it The Resentment Special. He is trying to erect his presidency on the shameful act of teaching resentment of “the rich and powerful” to “working families.”

But of course, the rich are working families. More members of rich families work, by far, than members of poor families. On average, the wealthiest 20 percent of families have two or more full-time workers per family. Only about a third of the bottom 20 percent have even one full-time worker. The more the workers, the higher the income. And at least in America, higher-income families work hard.

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Michael Novak

Michael Novak was a Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat.

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IF Al Gore ever gets a campaign bus, he should name it The Resentment Special. He is trying to erect his presidency on the shameful act of teaching resentment of “the rich and powerful” to “working families.”

But of course, the rich are working families. More members of rich families work, by far, than members of poor families. On average, the wealthiest 20 percent of families have two or more full-time workers per family. Only about a third of the bottom 20 percent have even one full-time worker. The more the workers, the higher the income. And at least in America, higher-income families work hard.