The Four Rules of Capitalism

The little-known but all-important rules of Capitalism are as follows:

1. Motivated individuals create wealth by finding a need and filling it. This means you either make something that people want or need, or offer a service that they want or need.

Question Number One--what the hell is 'selfish' about that?

2. Wealth is not a limited commodity but a limitless opportunity to the truly motivated and the truly wise. Only those who believe that government creates wealth by printing paper money believe that wealth is a limited commodity with only so many pieces of the pie available, in spite of the ironic and contradictory fact that government goes on printing more and more money in a faux-wealth attempt to create the illusion that it is 'creating wealth.'

Question Number Two--instead of whining about the money those who create wealth make, why not encourage those who are stuck in dead-end jobs to rise to their potential, believe in themselves, and create more wealth, instead of preying on their class envy to shame the money-makers into giving up their wealth?

3. Once wealth is achieved, even more wealth is created by giving it away voluntarily to help others get started in creating their own wealth. John D. Rockefeller was a miserable billionaire until he stopped worrying, discovered faith, and began systematically giving away his wealth. He only found that he COULD not give it away at all. The more he gave, the more wealthy he became. As soon as he gave what he thought would surely break him, he only found his wealth to be multiplied at least tenfold or one hundred- fold afterward.

Question Number Three--instead of bleeding the wealthy dry with a punitive tax system that punishes the wealthy, why not instead encourage the systematic and voluntary giving away of wealth as a means of creating more wealth, and helping others help themselves in the process?

4. A good Capitalist knows that workers/employees only produce to the degree that they are positively motivated to do so from the top. The fair, positive, and motivational treatment of workers is the best defense against a unionized workforce.

Question Number Four--Since within a healthy, success-based Capitalism there is no such thing as an adversarial relationship between employer and employee, but only poor matchups between jobs and those who are either not skilled enough or motivated enough to successfully work those jobs, why not focus on the team approach rather than the adversarial approach inherent in the Management-Union square-off model?

Matching workers with jobs that utilize their own unique skills and aptitudes will make for a much more positive work environment and help to minimize the common conflicts that occur when the wrong person is working the wrong job. Taking a wrong person at a wrong job and placing him/her at the right job, makes that person the right person for the right job.

In addition, every good Capitalist knows that fairly compensated workers who are treated fairly and with respect make the best workers. By helping them, the Capitalist helps himself and his business. And when the workers help the company and management by helping to create wealth with quality work, workers gain the benefits of a sound, fiscally-solid company.