John the Greedy Prick Potato Farmer.
If John sells potatoes from his farm during a crisis, does that make John a greedy prick?
Do we say the delivery drivers, and the shelf stockers at the grocery store saved us, WHILE we continue to call John a greedy prick?
If John takes his machinery no one else has and unloads needed medical supplies with it and asks the government to pay for the gas he used to help, does that STILL make John a greedy prick.
If John gives a portion of his potato crop to the local food bank is he STILL a greedy prick because he still has a house and has a salary?
Does John have to automatically cut his prices even though he knows he can't sustain doing so, because other people are suffering and if he doesn't is John STILL a greedy prick?
If John goes bankrupt and his 100 employees all lose their job is John STILL a greedy prick because he didn't figure out a way to continue to pay them for picking the potatoes remotely?
WAS JOHN JUST DESTINED TO BE A GREEDY PRICK OR WAS IT BECAUSE WHAT HE NEEDED TO RUN HIS BUSINESS COST MORE THAN WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN A HOUSEHOLD OR IS IT BECAUSE HE MADE THE MOST MONEY HE COULD FOR HIS FAMILY AND EMPLOYEES?
There is ALWAYS someone driving a better car than us, making more money than us, eating a better meal than us, and wearing better clothes than us that is absolutely struggling with decisions that SOMETIMES go well beyond any stress we can imagine, AND it is OK to criticize obvious flaunts of wealth especially during a crisis, but we are often mean and not the least bit understanding of people that do work hard to provide a lot of paychecks and drive economies whether they are a potato farmer or computer chip maker.
